Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit met Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and took up the issue of alleged suicide of Ram Singh, the prime accused in the December 16 gang-rape-cum-murder case, in mysterious circumstances at Tihar Jail in the wee hours of Monday. Dikshit refused to divulge details of her meeting with Shinde but said law and order situation in the city as well as the alleged suicide of Singh figured in the talks.
“A magisterial inquiry has already been ordered. Till the report comes, it will be difficult to comment on the issue. let the autopsy report come, things will be clear,” Dikshit said. “I do not have the details about the circumstances leading to the incident. The reasons behind the incident will only be known after submission of the inquiry report,” she added.
Sources said the CM in the meeting with Shinde raised the issue of security inside the Tihar prison. “It was a routine meeting. I keep coming
here. The meeting was pre-scheduled,” she said.