In connection with alleged rape case, the special police team has arrested Joint Secretary (Sports and Social Welfare) Suman Singh Waldia, who had given idea of making CD of alleged rape victim in Nainital police guest house with an intent to supersede Additional Secretary JP Joshi and secured the same post. With this arrest, the rape case has taken interesting turn on Thursday and sources said few more people will be arrested in connection with this case soon.
Neeraj Chauhan, who has been on police custody for two days has disclosed Waldia’s name and based on scientific evidences he was arrested under Section 120 B and other appropriate Sections of IPC, said Director General of Police BS Sidhu while interacting with mediapersons on Thursday.
DGP Sidhu also said that Waldia gave idea of making CD of alleged rape and had made several phone calls to the woman complainant when she was in Nainital police hostel on October 20. Congress leader Ritu Kandiyal had organised a meeting with SS Waldia and JP Joshi. The complainant was known to Waldia for many months.
During investigations, it is revealed that Waldia was not involved in demanding extortion amounting Rs 3 crore from Joshi. Waldia’s name was nowhere mentioned by Joshi in the FIR lodged at Basant Vihar. Waldia disclosed about making CD of the woman with intent to malign Joshi’s image, he reiterated.
Neeraj Chauhan had disclosed his name and Waldiya was called for interrogation at Dalanwala police station on Thursday and later he was arrested in the evening. He will be produced in the court on Friday. In the investigations, the woman complainant had never disclosed the name of Waldia in alleged rape case. According to him, the situation became out of control for Waldia when this CD was procured by some journalists and blackmailing started. According to him, phone call details of Waldia on October 20 revealed that he was in touch with the woman complainant and sent around 10 SMSs to her while she was preparing CD in Nainital police guest house.
Kandiyal’s anticipatory bail plea rejected
After Nainital High Court rejected anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader Ritu Kandiyal on Thursday, Uttarakhand DGP BS Sidhu said that police will soon issue non-bailable warrant against Congress leader Ritu Kandiyal if she fails to come before the police in connection with case of her alleged involvement in demand of extortion from the additional secretary JP Joshi for the settlement of rape case. She should come before the police and reveal the real story.
During interrogation of another accused Neeraj Chauhan, who has been in police remand for two days and based on other evidences, it has revealed that Kandiyal was involved in demand of extortion amounting Rs3 crore from Joshi.
Police are collecting evidences against Kandiyal. When Kandiyal was in abroad, she had assured her cooperation to the police but after her arrival in India, she has been absconding from the police, DGP added.
DGP Sidhu further said that during investigations of FIRs lodged by the additional secretary Joshi and woman complainant, it has revealed that Kandiyal had organised a meeting of woman with Joshi and Joint Secretary SS Waldiya.
It should be mentioned here that woman complainant had alleged that Kandiyal had demanded Rsthree crore from Additional Secretary JP Joshi for the settlement of rape case.
Sidhu further said that another allegedly accused Amit Garg had also told the police for his cooperation in this case.