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Mumbai: Cop escorts of jailed executive to be in civvies

MUMBAI: A special CBI court allowed a jailed plea of vice-president of Gitanjali Group of Companies, Vipul Chitalia, booked in the alleged Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, to direct cops escorting him to his daughter’s “Roka” ceremony to come dressed in plain clothes.

The roka ceremony is when a marriage alliance is fixed. Chitalia, who was arrested in March 2018, was granted permission to attend the two-day ceremony.

Chitalia’s plea said that it would be an embarrassment if police personnel escorting him were in uniform in front of the groom’s family and other guests.

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