New Delhi: The New Delhi District Magistrate on Thursday criticised the Delhi Police over its refusal to join the probe into the Rajasthan farmer Gajendra Singh suicide case. In a strongly worded letter, the DM asked Deputy Commissioner of Police and SHO to provide all case related information and documents by 11 AM on April 24.
The DM wrote that it was 'wilful neglect', against ' provisions of law' and obstructing duty of public servant'.
Gajendra Singh who attended the AAP rally at Jantar Mantar against the Land Bill committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.
Meanwhile, the Aam Aadmi Party rubbished Delhi Police claim and said that its leader Kumar Vishwas had urged Rajasthan farmer Gajendra Singh to come down from the tree during the party rally against Land Bill in Delhi. A video showed Kumar Vishwas, who was speaking on the stage, asking Gajendra Singh to come down and talk to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal about his problems.
The video showed that Vishwas even asked Delhi Police personnel to bring the farmer down from the tree and later accused them of not taking proper action to prevent the suicide.
But the police have a different story to tell. According to the FIR, AAP workers and supporters abetted the suicide of Singh. Investigators said their probe reveals that AAP workers stopped police from sending the victim to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital while insisting that he was a party member and should not be taken in police van which resulted in considerable delay.
In the report submitted to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Delhi Police Crime Branch officials added that AAP leaders and workers in fact instigated Singh to commit suicide. The FIR has been registered for abetment and obstructing a public servant from discharging his duty.
Crime Branch also visited the scene of Gajendra's suicide at Jantar Mantar in Delhi. Officials will also check call records of his phone as well while another team will investigate lapses by Delhi Police personnel and AAP.
A team has been sent to Gajendra's native place Nangal Jhamarwada village in Dausa district of Rajasthan. A handwriting check will also be conducted to verify if if Gajendra wrote suicide note that was found in his shirt pocket.
Police have also taken into possession news channels recording of AAP's rally and his suicide.
Earlier Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi clarified that his officers will not join the magisterial enquiry ordered by the AAP government. "According to the rule of law, whatever is required we will do. But we cannot get into anything illegal," said Bassi.
Delhi Police reports to the Home Ministry and is not answerable to a Delhi government enquiry until there is a prior permission of the Lieutenant Governor.
Police have already sent a notice to the organisers of AAP's anti-Land Acquisition Bill. AAP leaders will also be questioned over the suicide. The notice comes after the farmer's brother made startling allegations of his death being a political conspiracy.
He claimed that his brother was in touch with Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia who asked him to attend the rally. He has also said that AAP workers should have saved his brother.
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