HCS paper leak: Police seek voice samples of accused

CHANDIGARH:

:The police on Monday filed a fresh application seeking voice samples of accused Sun it a, Sushila and Bi render Sh ar main the Haryana Civil Service (HCS) paper leak.

Three persons — former HC re gist rat B al win der S harm a and two beneficiaries Sunita, the alleged mastermind, and friend Sushila — were booked by the police in the high profile case. A high court committee had recommended scrapping of the examination after finding that some candidates had access to the paper.

The committee had stated that at least two candidates, Sunita and Sushila, had the question paper.

The committee had also stated that B al win der S harm a unequivocally denied prior acquaintance with Sun it a, the general category top per. The call details furnished by the service provider, on the other hand, revealed that 760 calls and S MS es were exchanged between S harm a and Sun it a over the past one year.

The police wants to substantiate certain things and hence has sought their voice samples so as to corroborate a few things as a part of investigation.

The court has issued notice and the matter will be taken upon January 15 along with other things. B al win der S harm a’ s judi- cial custody also gets over then and Sunita’s bail plea will also be taken up then, notice to prosecution in this regard was issued on Monday

Sunita had filed plea on the grounds that Sharma had already been arrested and certain documents that were required from the Supreme Court for investigation in this case had also been received. She was earlier denied bail on the same grounds on December 19.

Her counsel also claimed that since the challan had been filed, there was no other recovery to be made from her and hence she should be granted bail.

The police had filed a 2,140page challan against Sunita and Sharma.