As Delhi High Court Judge Justice Yashwant Varma faces an investigation over the alleged recovery of cash from his official residence, a video showing cash found among burning debris near his home has sparked speculation.
Inderjeet, a sanitation worker, told ANI, "We work in this circle. We collect garbage from the roads. We were cleaning here 4-5 days back and collecting garbage when we found some small pieces of burnt ₹500 notes. We found it that day. Now, we have found 1-2 pieces...We do not know where a fire broke out. All we do is collect garbage."
Surender, another sanitation worker, said,"We work with these garbage vans, we collect garbage. It has been 4-5 days since we found burnt Rs 500 notes. We found some pieces even now."
Justice Varma Rejects Cash Link
Justice Yashwant Varma had earlier addressed the issue to the Delhi high court's Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, striving to defend his integrity against what he called unfounded allegations.
For a judge, reputation and character are of utmost importance. Sadly, mine have been gravely tarnished and irreparably damaged by baseless claims built on unsubstantiated innuendos and the unfounded assumption that the cash reportedly discovered during the fire belonged to me,” he was quoted by ANI as saying.
“I categorically reject any suggestion that we removed currency from the storeroom. We were neither shown nor given any sacks of burnt currency. The limited debris recovered during the incident was confined to a particular section of the residence, and there was no evidence of any currency,” he added.
Delhi Fire Chief Says No Cash Found At Scene
Firefighters from the Delhi Fire Services have stated that no cash was found during their operation to douse flames at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma.
"Soon after dousing the flames, we informed police about the fire incident. Thereafter, a team of fire department personnel left the spot. Our firefighters did not find any cash during their firefighting operation," DFS chief Atul Garg told news agency PTI.
