Additional Secretary JP Joshi, who has been facing rape charges and sent on police remand, was denied bail by the CJM court because his Defence lawyer sought few time for preparation on Saturday.
Following on the defence lawyer, CJM court has given next date for hearing on December 11. With this order, now Joshi will have to remain in jail till December 11. As the alleged rape victim had lodged FIR against Joshi, Joshi had lodged a counter FIR against the victim and her two accomplices. Although police had arrested the victim and one of her accomplices on December 6; defence lawyer Surat Singh Negi sought time for preparation of the case during court proceeding.
Talking to media persons, State DGP BS Sidhu said that the woman and her accomplice Neeraj Chauhan were arrested from Jakhan area here by a team of police led by Mamata Bohra, after questioning. later, the woman was on transit bail, she was released after payment of Rs 25,000 bond.
The woman along with her two accomplices, Neeraj Chauhan and Amit Garg, had made a CD of the alleged rape and used it to blackmail and threaten Joshi for money. In her complaint, the woman alleged that on the pretext of giving her a job in the tourism department, Joshi had called her to a room in the Police lines Officers' Club in Nainital and allegedly raped her. later, Joshi lodged a counter FIR against the woman and two others, Sanjay and MP Singh, alleging that they blackmailed and threatened him.
Investigations revealed that the woman and her accomplices had set up a camera at the Club in Nainital and were constantly interacting with each other. Their call details confirmed that all the three were in Nainital and had talked about 10-12 times between them, the DGP BS Sidhu added.
Chouhan had used a fake ID to buy SIM card, and called Joshi posing as MP Singh and tried to blackmail the official. Another accomplice, Sanjay, whose real name is Amit Garg, is absconding and a hunt is on for him. Police is also probing the role of Ritu Kandiyaal, youth Congress leader, who is said to have demanded Rs three crore from Joshi for settling the issue, the DGP added.