The police have assured High Court Chief Justice T S Thakur that the case would be cracked by Thursday. The High Court Bar Association president Rupinder Khosla, along with members of the Bar, met the Chief Justice on Monday in this regard.

Parkash, the munshi, who allegedly delivered the amount to the Punjab and Haryana High Court judge, was arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act a few days ago. The former Additional Advocate General had earlier claimed that his clerk had wrongly delivered the money at the residence of the judge instead of giving it to a realtor as advance for a property deal.

A munshi and a businessman

•Parkash Ram, a junior munshi (assistant) associated with Sanjeev Bansal for more than six years, is currently in custody. It was Parkash Ram who had gone to deliver a packet containing Rs 15 lakh at the residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur. Senior munshi, Jai Parkash, associated with Sanjeev Bansal for more than a decade, is missing reportedly to avoid police interrogation.

“We are shocked to learn that Parkash had been arrested. He was a dedicated worker and enjoyed a good reputation in the high court,” said a senior munshi. However, as per sources, it was Parkash Ram who used to be assigned ‘personal’ work by Bansal, while Jai Parkash was always assigned court work.

The UT Police has been unable to arrest Ravinder Singh, the Delhi-based businessman, till date. As per police sources, Ravinder runs a hotel in Karol Bagh, New Delhi, and has close reltions with several high court and Supreme Court judges.

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