Narrative started because potential accused mother-in-law started giving interviews: Solicitor General
Adding to the CJI’s comments on a certain narrative being set around the judiciary’s handling of the case, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta says the narrative started because one of the potential accused, the mother-in-law, “had started giving interviews hopping from one channel to another, almost maligning the deceased.”
The FIR was registered on May 15, the SG informs the court, adding that the mother-in-law moved for anticipatory bail on May 14 and got it the next day. “This is under challenge. Despite our repeated requests to her to get her statement recorded, there is no cooperation. We had intimated her that we would come there and record her statement. She declined.”
“We could only seize the mobile devices with difficulty. Investigation is on so I would not like to prejudice the case,” the Solicitor General adds.
-Krishnadas Rajagopal
