Dinesh Kamath's news item 'Bijlani shielded by a politician and top police officials?' that was published in Newsband

Bijlani shielded by a politician and top police officials?

By Dinesh Kamath

NAVI MUMBAI: Sandeep alias Sunny Lahoria, son of Sunil Lahoria who was murdered, has made an accusation that his father’s murderers are being shielded by a politician and four IPS officers. Sunny’s accusation is that these top people are aware of the whereabouts of Bijlani, who is an accused in this case, but they are not arresting him.

Sunny further said that Bijlani could have been easily arrested when he had staged a shootout. According to Sunny, it is these policemen who have helped Bijlani to go underground and remain there. He also pointed out as to how Bijlani was trying to fool the court. Bijlani was refused bail by the Supreme Court but he went on to apply for a bail at Indore Court. Sunny said that Bijlani had not informed the Indore Court about having been refused the bail by Supreme Court.

Bijlani had however pleaded to the Court that his father was suffering from cancer and hence he should be granted a bail. The Court after studying the entire case and after hearing Sunny’s side of the story refused to offer bail to Bijlani and asked the police to arrest him at once. But Bijlani could not be arrested as he had gone underground once again. Sunny blamed the police officials for letting Bijlani to go into the hiding.

However, the police have got the information that Bijlani is not absconding but he is just consulting the legal experts to find out what would be the right thing for him to do under the current circumstances.

Sunny even went to the extent of questioning as to why Bijlani’s properties were not being attached by the police when he has been found absconding for such a long period. However, the police defended themselves by saying that they cannot attach Bijlani’s properties until the court declares him as absconder and gives orders to attach his properties.

It was Sunny who was instrumental in getting the Home Department to transfer the case from the hands of Navi Mumbai police to Mumbai Crime Branch. Sunny had personally met the Home Minister R R Patil and expressed his lack of confidence in Navi Mumbai Police and thus he had managed to get the case transferred to Mumbai police.

In the meantime, Bijlani refuses to believe that Lahoria, before he died, had mentioned his name since Bijlani strongly believes that Lahoria was not in a position to speak even a word in that condition. He believes that he is being framed in this case. However, the police are confident that they will be in a position to apprehend Bijlani in a matter of short time.