In a big twist to the controversy related to the allegation of sexual harassment levelled by an ex-Supreme Court woman staffer against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, an advocate who had represented the victims in the Asaram Bapu case has claimed he was offered Rs 1.5 crore to “frame” the CJI and conduct a Press conference against him.
Advocate Utsav Singh Bains said he had tried to alert the CJI by rushing to his home about the conspiracy. He said this ploy was a handiwork of “fixers” who wanted to force Gogoi to resign by tarnishing his image.
In his Facebook post, Bains said a person claiming to be a relative of the woman who has made allegations against the CJI first offered him Rs 50 lakh and then the offer went up to Rs 1.5 crore to “frame the sexual harassment” case.
“I was offered bribe to help frame the CJI in the sexual harassment case by ‘lawyering’ and organising a Press Conference against the CJI for the ex-SC staffer who has accused the CJI of sexual harassment just a few days back and also specifically asked to organise a Press conference only at the Press Club of India.
“When I refused the person who was initially praising my pro bono work in the Asaram rape case for the victim, etc, and interestingly claimed to be her relative but on the other hand looked like a trained agent and he also couldn’t satisfactorily reply as to what was his relationship with the ex-SC staffer and then suddenly offered me Rs 50 lakh as my legal fees if I agreed to be lawyer and again he asked me specifically to organise a Press conference at the PCI after I refused as I found the story facts fishy and also he couldn’t reply to any question about the many loopholes in the story he narrated. When I again refused he said Rs 1.5 crore. I then asked him to leave my office,” the advocate posted on FB.
The advocate further wrote that this fake case was created by the “fixers” who wanted resignation of the CJI. “I then enquired about this issue from reliable sources in Delhi for days. Every information pointed to a larger conspiracy to make the CJI resign. The kingpins are many Delhi-based SC fixers or those who engage in cash for judgments,” said Bains.
“I then finally went to CJI residence yesterday evening (Saturday) to inform him about the bribe offer and the conspiracy, around 7 pm. But his staff said he’s not at his residence. My CDR tower location details can be checked. Later at night I then called a SC reporter with impeccable integrity to meet me today for an important subject and also asked him if he could arrange an urgent meeting or get a message sent to the CJI as soon as possible. I had also today morning planned to meet Prashant Bhushan Sir and Kamini Jaiswal maam about this. But then today morning my perception turned out to be true,” he posted on FB.
