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Cops say they didn’t record statements of Mulayam, Amar
Delhi police on Friday told a city court that it did not record the statements of Samajwadi president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh to verify the CD purportedly having the voice of Shanti Bhushan as it did not find it necessary. The police told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav that it did not deem it fit to record the two leaders’ statements as the fact that Yadav spoke to Bhushan came out during Singh’s examination by it.
The Special Cell of Delhi police told CMM Yadav, “The statements of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh were not recorded under section 161 CrPC as it was not considered necessary as the scope of investigation was only to ascertain if the CD in question was fabricated.”
The police added, “The factum of having a conversation with Mulayam Singh Yadav has been corroborated during examination of Amar Singh who stated that he made a telephonic call to Yadav and gave the receiver to Shanti Bhushan who started talking to him and at that point of time, he (Amar Singh) left the room. This part of the statement at least establishes the circumstances of the conversation having taken place between the complainant (Shanti Bhushan) and Mulayam Singh Yadav. The expert opinion is indicative of the fact that these CDs are neither doctored nor fabricated.”
The submissions were made by the police in its reply to Shanti Bhushan’s petition challenging the police report’s seeking cancellation of his (Bhushan’s) complaint that the CD containing his alleged conversations with Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh was fabricated. In the controversial CD, Bhushan is purportedly heard telling Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh that his son Prashant can ‘manage a judge’.
The CMM had pulled up the police on the last hearing for not recording the statements of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh. In its reply the police said, “It is pertinent to mention that the complainant (Shanti Bhushan), while lodging the complaint, stated that he never had any conversation with Mulayam Singh Yadav, but examination of Amar Singh has contradicted this statement.”
Delhi police on Friday told a city court that it did not record the statements of Samajwadi president Mulayam Singh Yadav and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh to verify the CD purportedly having the voice of Shanti Bhushan as it did not find it necessary. The police told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav that it did not deem it fit to record the two leaders’ statements as the fact that Yadav spoke to Bhushan came out during Singh’s examination by it.
The Special Cell of Delhi police told CMM Yadav, “The statements of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh were not recorded under section 161 CrPC as it was not considered necessary as the scope of investigation was only to ascertain if the CD in question was fabricated.”
The police added, “The factum of having a conversation with Mulayam Singh Yadav has been corroborated during examination of Amar Singh who stated that he made a telephonic call to Yadav and gave the receiver to Shanti Bhushan who started talking to him and at that point of time, he (Amar Singh) left the room. This part of the statement at least establishes the circumstances of the conversation having taken place between the complainant (Shanti Bhushan) and Mulayam Singh Yadav. The expert opinion is indicative of the fact that these CDs are neither doctored nor fabricated.”
The submissions were made by the police in its reply to Shanti Bhushan’s petition challenging the police report’s seeking cancellation of his (Bhushan’s) complaint that the CD containing his alleged conversations with Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh was fabricated. In the controversial CD, Bhushan is purportedly heard telling Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh that his son Prashant can ‘manage a judge’.
The CMM had pulled up the police on the last hearing for not recording the statements of Mulayam Singh Yadav and Amar Singh. In its reply the police said, “It is pertinent to mention that the complainant (Shanti Bhushan), while lodging the complaint, stated that he never had any conversation with Mulayam Singh Yadav, but examination of Amar Singh has contradicted this statement.”
