4th May 2005
I K Chhugani.
501, Pinky Panorama,
6th Road, Khar (W),
Mumbai 400 052To,
Mr. Amitabh Gupta,
DCP, Bandra,
Mumbai 400 050Subject: Handcuffed and Unlawfully Jailed, 28th March to 2nd April 2005.
Sir,
Thanks for the patient hearing you accorded to me, when I met you yesterday. As desired by you I am sending you in writing, how your Police Officers have committed acts, which would clearly show, they have not joined the Police force to uphold the law, but to subvert it and gain huge sums of money in the shortest possible time.
The Khar Police IO Arun Walzade, put me under arrest, (and tried to arrest my Wife & Son also) on account of FIR (Annex A) filed by Mr. Inamdar of EOW. The FIR states that he had sealed the flats 501/502 at Pinky Panorama on 8th February 05 and found me residing in the said flats on 20th March 05. Hence he assumed, I had broken the Court seal and trespassed.
I had produced an extract of the visitors register (Annex B) which indicated that the officers of Bharat Overseas Bank and Punjab National Bank had opened the flats on 11th & 12th February to show it to nearly 15 potential buyers, including myself. So there could be no EOW/Court seal after 12th February 05. The IO Mr. Walzade had also visited the building on 14th February 05 and signed the same register.
Further I had filled in a tender( Annex C) on 15th February 05, which was opened on18th February and paid full amount to the Banks by 25th February 05, i.e. within 7 days of opening of tender, as per the tender terms, and received possession on 27th February from. Mr. Mihir Datta, Chief Manager, Bharat Overseas Bank. I even showed them the receipts. Yet I was arrested.
The Police officers, had they acted lawfully, should have arrested the Bank Officers, for breaking the seal on 12th February 05. How much money they received from the Banks, to arrest me instead, can only be imagined. I assume they must have received between Rs 5 lakhs and Rs. 10 lakhs atleast.
On 27th April 05, the Chief Manager of Bharat Overseas Bank Mr. Mihir Datta has filed an affidavit (Annex D) in the court, admitting the fact that his officers along with officers of Punjab National Bank had opened the flats of 12 February 05.
Now why should the Khar police not arrest the Bank Officers and withdraw the FIR filed against me, my wife and son or are they going to consider it a god sent opportunity, to extract a few more lakhs from the banks.
I was remanded to police custody till 31st March and then till 2nd April 05 on the plea that custodial interrogation was necessary, but from the time I was arrested on 28/03/05 at 7pm to the time of getting bail on 02/04/05, no question was ever put to me, no statement was ever taken from me, so what was this custodial interrogation required for. I can only surmise, that putting me in handcuffs and getting me remanded, was only to extract the maximum money from my family, he has extracted Rs 50,000/- (already detailed in my Police complaint to Khar on 23rd february and complaint to POlice Commissioner Mr. A N Roy on 25th February) and put maximum mental pressure on my wife.
He vehemently opposed anticipitary bail application of my wife and son, and finally on 5th Feb 05 when they got interim bail till 15th Feb.05. API Walzade insisted, my wife and son report to PS everyday. Most of the days he made it a point to remain present, when she went and one day, 12 April 05, when my son went early separately, he left a message at Khar PS that, that Mrs Chhugani report to him at beat chowki for a statement. What was the necessity of calling my wife to the Police station everyday for 10 days.
I have reported to the PS 8/9 times, same number of times my wife has reported. He has not signed my book even once. The man is perhaps unable to face me, yet he makes it a point to wait for my wife to come.
API Walzade's behavior about insisting on my wife reporting everyday to PS can best be analysed by a Phsciatrist.
Attached is 2 page letter "Points to Ponder" (Annex E) detailing what Mr . Walzade avoided investigating, in order to arrest me. If he had investigated, he would have to arrest the Bank officers and say good-bye to Rs 5-10 Lakhs.
Also attached is a 3 page handwritten statement (Annex F), which I gave to Police Station in-charge Mr. Satish Shingte and Mr Walzade, before they put me under arrest and which they refused to add to the case papers, saying it has no relevance to the case.
I request you to ask ORANGE to immediately send a printout of all calls made and received on my mobile Phone 98201 71571 between 1st February to 31st March 05. This printout will establish the truth as stated in my 3 page handwritten statement, which your officers said is of "no relevance". I have already written to Orange (Annex G).
Also attached is a 2 page note (Annex H) detailing, how & when I came in contact with the Banks, culminating in the filling of tenders for flat 501/502 at Pinky Panorama.
Kindly put pressure on IO Walzade to return my Rs 50,000/- extracted from my family, after all we normal citizens work to earn money. And Rs 50,000 is a big amount. May be not for corrupt Police Officials.
Kindly keep me posted, what action you are taking.
Thanks,
Sincerely,
I K Chhugani
(The DCP, Mr. Amitabh Gupta had assured me of immediate action after receipt of full details. However I am not aware of what action he has so far taken, in th meantime the Rogue Police Officer API Walzade, continues collecting Haftas, a job he is very good at, Iam told),