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ATS threatened to eliminate me in encounter: Purohit
Pune, Nov 21 (PTI) Prime accused in Malegaon blast case Lt Col Srikant Prasad Purohit Friday made a written submission in a court here alleging that Mumbai ATS threatened to eliminate him in an encounter and tried to extract confession from his under duress.
Purohit, remanded in 14-day judicial custody by
Magistrate G G Italekar in a 2003 case of alleged forgery in
procuring an arms license for one Milind Date in Pune from J
and K, sat in the court room to write his grievances after the
judge asked him whether he had any complaints regarding his
two-day police remand which expired Friday.
"I have no complaints against Pune police. But I want
to submit in writing my grievances," he said. Purohit's
advocate Srikant Shivde told the court that the accused did
not want to air his grievances in an open court and would
prefer to put them in writing.
The contents of Purohit's written submission were
informed by his lawyer to the media afterwards.
Shivde told mediapersons that in the written
submission to the court, Purohit has given details of the
"pressure and physical and mental torture" he was subjected to
by Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad which tried to "extract
confession forcibly" from his in regard to involvement in the
September 29 blast.
Earlier, the prosecution made a plea for a seven-day
police custody of Purohit to unravel his connections in Jammu
and Kashmir and further investigate whether he was part of a
gang that procured illegal arms and forged licences from the
military quota.
The defence counsel Shivde consented to three-day
police custody. He also alleged his client would be framed in
another case immediately after being taken to Nashik court and
his police custody would continue till November 29 till he is
produced before Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
(MCOCA) court in Mumbai.
All the ten accused arrested so far in the blast were
yesterday booked under stringent law MCOCA.
"My client will be safer in police custody than in the
ATS custody," he remarked.
The Magistrate, however, rejected the prosecution
demand for police custody and remanded Purohit to judicial
custody. Purohit will now be taken to Nashik and put in the
central prison there.
Six persons were killed in the blast in the powerloom
town in North Maharashtra's Nashik district.
Purohit also complained of an "encounter" threat by
ATS, the defence lawyer said. On a plea from the accused, the
judge allowed him to carry medicines and some books along with
him to Nashik.
The defence counsel told the court that Purohit was
vulnerable to attacks of asthma and needed certain medication
in his possession.
Purohit's wife Aparna, too, was present in the court.
PTI
Purohit, remanded in 14-day judicial custody by
Magistrate G G Italekar in a 2003 case of alleged forgery in
procuring an arms license for one Milind Date in Pune from J
and K, sat in the court room to write his grievances after the
judge asked him whether he had any complaints regarding his
two-day police remand which expired Friday.
"I have no complaints against Pune police. But I want
to submit in writing my grievances," he said. Purohit's
advocate Srikant Shivde told the court that the accused did
not want to air his grievances in an open court and would
prefer to put them in writing.
The contents of Purohit's written submission were
informed by his lawyer to the media afterwards.
Shivde told mediapersons that in the written
submission to the court, Purohit has given details of the
"pressure and physical and mental torture" he was subjected to
by Mumbai Anti Terrorism Squad which tried to "extract
confession forcibly" from his in regard to involvement in the
September 29 blast.
Earlier, the prosecution made a plea for a seven-day
police custody of Purohit to unravel his connections in Jammu
and Kashmir and further investigate whether he was part of a
gang that procured illegal arms and forged licences from the
military quota.
The defence counsel Shivde consented to three-day
police custody. He also alleged his client would be framed in
another case immediately after being taken to Nashik court and
his police custody would continue till November 29 till he is
produced before Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
(MCOCA) court in Mumbai.
All the ten accused arrested so far in the blast were
yesterday booked under stringent law MCOCA.
"My client will be safer in police custody than in the
ATS custody," he remarked.
The Magistrate, however, rejected the prosecution
demand for police custody and remanded Purohit to judicial
custody. Purohit will now be taken to Nashik and put in the
central prison there.
Six persons were killed in the blast in the powerloom
town in North Maharashtra's Nashik district.
Purohit also complained of an "encounter" threat by
ATS, the defence lawyer said. On a plea from the accused, the
judge allowed him to carry medicines and some books along with
him to Nashik.
The defence counsel told the court that Purohit was
vulnerable to attacks of asthma and needed certain medication
in his possession.
Purohit's wife Aparna, too, was present in the court.
PTI
