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eenu Sharma wife wants cop booked had told that in his presence
is knocking Mohinder Sethi had forced
every door for husband’s suicide him and Vinod Sharma to
and had sign the letter that Sharma
M even tried owes money to him. Musafir
to meet Prime Minister said that during test he told
Narendra Modi when he Meenu runs from pillar to post for getting booked that he had no enmity with
visited Sultanpur in Guru- a top cop allegedly responsible for the suicide of Mohinder Sethi, adding that
gram district in November her husband, reports Pawan Kumar Bansal he had even attended his
last year, but was prevented son’s marriage.
, thrashed and beaten up by to suicide, Mohinder Sethi with three others including Mohinder Sethi neither
the policemen. and three others, including his brother Bittu Sethi, had responded to SMS messages
Gurugram-based busi- Sethi’s brother Bittu Sethi visited his office two days of Tehelka nor responded to
nessmen Vinod Sharma had had come to office of her prior to his suicide. call made to know his ver-
committed suicide by firing husband and had forced him Meenu has alleged that sion about the allegations of
two shots from his licensed to sign a paper that he owes Sethi had threatened that Meenu Sharma..
revolver in his Gurugram 3 crores 26 lakh to Sethi. 50 lakh should be paid on Meenu has filed a writ
office on July 4, 2018. He Meenu has alleged that one July 4 and rest of the money in Panjab and Haryana
was immediately rushed to person whom Mohinder in two instalments within High Court demanding CBI.
Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, Sethi was referring as uncle forty five days. However, the apex inves-
where he succumbed to had written the letter. S.I.T has got Polygraph tigating agency’s counsel
injuries on July 7. Meenu has At present, Special test of Musafir conducted at has submitted in the court
alleged that on July 4, 2018, Investigating Team of Crime CFSL, Delhi . It has also got that it has limited man-
investigating officer Sandeep Branch of Haryana police Polygraph test of Mohin- power and resources and
Kumar had visited the hos- — comprising DSP Mahavir der Sethi conducted. Dr. it is already overburdened
pital and had inquired from Singh and ASI Dalbir Singh Rajshree, IG, Crime, Guru- with the investigation of the
her the reason for firing. — is looking into the case. gram told Tehelka that they cases registered by it under
Meenu Sharma report- However, Meenu insists that were awaiting the reports of its original jurisdiction as
edly told Sandeep Kumar since there is an involve- Polygraph test of Mohinder well as investigations en-
that her husband had fired ment of a senior police Sethi and Musafir. “As soon trusted to it by various High
shots to himself due to un- officer, the case should be as we got the reports, inves- Courts and Supreme Court.
due pressure built up by Mr. handed over to the CBI. tigations will be speeded up,” “Moreover the case is local in
Mohinder Singh Sethi, the Musafir, a friend of Vinod he said. nature and does not involve
then DCP Manesar in Guru- Sharma was reportedly pre- Musafir, on his part, con- interstate or international
gram district, for demanding sent in the office of Sharma firmed that his Polygraph ramification and if the court
3 crores 26 lakh in lieu of 2 when Mohinder Sethi along test was conducted and he deems it appropriate it
lacs taken from him as loan could be investigated by SIT
for the land which Vinod consisting of senior police
Sharma had purchased in officers,” the counsel said.
New Palam Vihar for an ag- Haryana police has sub-
gregate value of 12.5 lacs in mitted that it was investigat-
the year 2005. ing the case without any
Although in his suicide presser from any quarters.
note, Sharma had men- RK Sharma, a retired
tioned Devinder Lakra, a IFS officer of Haryana and
Delhi based businessman, as social activist, said the case,
responsible for forcing him if investigated honestly, will
for committing suicide but reveal more dubious details
his wife Meenu has reported than what meets the eyes.
to the Police accusing Mo- It could be case of Benami
hinder Sethi, for pressuring investments or a case of ex-
and torturing her husband tortion network at the level
which had forced him to of senior police officers.
commit suicide. Meenu has
alleged that two days prior letters@tehelka.com