Police oppose kidnap plaint against Amar

Police oppose kidnap plaint against Amar

Delhi police on Monday asked a city court to dismiss a complaint by Hashmat Ali, a key prosecution witness in the 2008 cash-for-votes scam case, that Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh and two others had kidnapped him ahead of his deposition before a parliamentary panel.

Ali’s plea of seeking the court’s permission to direct the Delhi police for lodging a criminal case against Singh was objected by the police. Opposing Ali’s plea, the Crime Branch of Delhi Police sought its dismissal saying the allegations were ‘not found substantiated’ and were an ‘after thought’.

The police made the submission in its status report to the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar on its probe into Ali’s complaint.

The Delhi police told the court that Ali had also sought security on the ground of being a key prosecution witness in the case. Ali, however, told the court that he was still receiving ‘threatening’ calls and messages to withdraw his complaint against Singh. The court posted the matter for arguments on the status report on November 28

Ali had sought registration of an FIR against Amar Singh, his secretary Tarun Goel and aide Ramesh under various provisions of the IPC and the Arms Act relating to kidnapping, criminal intimidation, illegal confinement and robbery. “After the inquiry, the allegations in the complaint of Hashmat Ali were not found substantiated and hence no FIR was registered. The petition is an after thought and without merit, it deserves to be dismissed,” police said in the status report filed before the court.

The police said that, it was revealed in the inquiry that no such incident as alleged by Ali took place near Khan Market area on September 25, 2008, the day when he was supposed to depose before the Parliamentary inquiry committee constituted to probe into the cash-for-vote scam.

The police said Singh’s personal secretary Goel had filed a criminal complaint against Ali on September 25, 2008 alleging that Ali was repeatedly calling them demanding money to depose ‘honestly’ before the Parliamentary inquiry committee.

“Goel has mentioned (in complaint) that Hasmat Ali has been writing letters to Amar Singh and has been calling him repeatedly to fix a time with him. Tarun Goel has also alleged that Hasmat Ali has been stating that he would depose honestly if he is paid more lucratively than what has been offered by the BSP/BJP,” the status report said. Police said after ‘exhaustively’ inquiring the complaints by Goel and

Ali, no cognisable offence was made out.