In a sensational twist to the Sunanda Pushkar’s death case, Congress leader Shashi Tharror, in his November 12 letter to the police chief, had accused the Delhi Police of “assaulting” and “intimidating” his domestic help into “confessing” that they both had killed her.
When questioned about the said letter, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on Wednesday claimed that the only relevant information with regard to the case would be shared with the media. Bassi, however, clarified that when police register a case, they have some prima facie evidence to substantiate the case.
In the letter, the former Union Minister had complained of “unacceptable and illegal” conduct by one of Delhi Police’s officers who “repeatedly physically assaulted” his domestic help despite his cooperation with the police in the case.
“I was, therefore, shocked and appalled to learn that in the course of the 16-hour interrogation conducted by four Delhi Police officers on Friday (7/11/14) and again during the 14-hour interrogation on Saturday (8/11/14), my domestic helper Narayan Singh was repeatedly physically assaulted by one of your officers,” stated the statement by Tharoor. Worse, the officer used the traumatic physical assault to try and intimidate Narayan into confessing that he and I murdered my wife, stated Tharoor in the letter.
Tharoor also referred to his telephonic conversation with Bassi on November 8. “As you graciously agreed, such conduct is completely unacceptable and illegal. It also amounts to the use of physical coercion in the attempt to frame an innocent man. I would request you to take immediate and appropriate action against such unlawful misconduct of the officer concerned,” he said. A Special Investigation Team has been constituted to probe Sunanda’s death, said the Delhi Police chief.