The questioning was in reference to alleged “illegal distribution of Covid medicines, etc”, police mentioned. Police had earlier approached AAP MLA Dilip Pandey in reference to the identical difficulty.

Police say they’re appearing on the court docket’s instructions. Delhi Police spokesperson Chinmoy Biswal had earlier mentioned, “On a writ filed by Dr Deepak Singh about politicians involved in the illegal distribution of Covid medicines, etc, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi has directed Delhi Police to conduct an enquiry. In compliance with directions of Hon’ble High Court, an enquiry is being conducted from several concerned persons.”

Following the court docket order, a crew of Crime Branch was requested by the Delhi Police Commissioner S N Shrivastava to conduct an enquiry.

Names given by the petitioner Singh, chairman of the non-profit Hrudaya Foundation, in his criticism to police embrace Pandey, Srinivas in addition to BJP MPs Gautam Gambhir and Sujay Vikhe, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Congress MLA Mukesh Sharma.

In his petition earlier than the High Court, he had sought a CBI probe into an alleged “medical mafia-politicians nexus” and unlawful distribution of Covid medicines by politicians. However, the court docket on May 4 declined the prayer and requested Singh to strategy the Delhi Police Commissioner first. The court docket requested the state to file a standing report inside per week and listed the case for listening to on May 17.

“In case the alleged incidents are found to have taken place in Delhi, Delhi Police should take appropriate steps by registration of FIR,” mentioned the division bench of Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Rekha Palli in an order.

Hearing a separate software in opposition to AAP MLA Imran Hussain alleging “arbitrary distribution” and “hoarding” of oxygen cylinders, the court docket had clarified that there isn’t a prohibition on distribution of cylinders but it surely is not going to be permitted if medical oxygen is being procured from re-fillers in any other case allotted to hospitals, nursing properties and people by the Delhi authorities.

“If there is no such prohibition and if from some other source they (political leaders) are getting it and distributing it… then good they are doing service for a change. All the time they are not serving the people; if today they are serving we should be happy about it,” noticed the court docket.