Sacked minister Sandeep Kumar, arrested on rape charges, approached a Delhi court on Monday seeking a separate van for his production from jail to court apprehending threat to life from supporters of
Sacked minister Sandeep Kumar, arrested on rape charges, approached a Delhi court on Monday seeking a separate van for his production from jail to court apprehending threat to life from supporters of other political parties during transportation.
The plea was filed before special judge Poonam Chaudhry who fixed the application for hearing on Tuesday when Mr Kumar would be produced from jail on expiry of his 14-day judicial custody.
Advocate Pradeep Rana, representing the MLA, claimed in the plea that it was a politically motivated case and some miscreants may try to harm Mr Kumar in the jail van.
“Since the inception of the present FIR, the matter has been in public eye and the applicant (Kumar) apprehends that being a politically motivated case, the supporters of other political parties or a miscreant might try to harm him. Jail/police authorities may be directed to provide for a special separate van or separate armed guard for attending the court proceedings on the given dates or allow him to mark his appearance through video conferencing,” the plea said.
