22 days interim bail to Director General of Corporate Affairs BK Bansal after wife, daughter commit suicide

New Delhi, July 20: In a major development, a special court on Wednesday granted 22 days of interim bail to Director General of Corporate Affairs BK Bansal, whose wife and daughter committed suicide on Tuesday.

The wife and daughter of BK Bansal, who was arrested by the CBI two days ago for alleged bribery, committed suicide on Tuesday in their apartment in east Delhi.

Bansal’s wife Satyabala and daughter Neha were found hanging in their flat in East Delhi’s Madhu Vihar area on July 19. They left suicide notes, saying nobody was responsible for their death.

Joint Commissioner of Police (Eastern range) Satish Golcha said the police received a call around 1.30 pm following which teams were rushed to the spot.

“Two separate suicide notes have been recovered. Prima facie there seems to be no foul play. However, investigations are being carried out and bodies have been sent for postmortem,” he said.

Bansal, an Additional Secretary-ranked officer in Ministry of Corporate Affairs, was caught red-handed in a hotel while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 9 lakh for favouring a pharmaceutical company.

He, along with three others were arrested with him, are in CBI custody. A senior officer in the Indian Legal Services, Bansal used to check and report on serious corporate frauds.

A Senior Administrative Grade officer with the Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS), Bansal was promoted to the post of Director General of Corporate Affairs (DGCA) last year.

CBI had carried out searches at eight locations in connection with the case during which the agency had claimed to have made cash recoveries.

According to the CBI, Bansal was arrested while receiving Rs nine lakh of the Rs 20 lakh promised as bribe.