Dusu prez denies he concealed crime in Delhi HC

New Delhi, Nov. 15: Delhi University Students’ Union ( DUSU) president Rocky Tuseed on Wednesday claimed in the Delhi high court that he has not concealed any information with regard to any pending criminal case against him in the recent Delhi University student polls.

Mr Tuseed, who represents Congress party’s student wing NSUI, also opposed the intervention application filed by BJP student wing ABVP’s candidate Rajat Chaudhary, who lost to him in the DUSU polls, seeking to cancel his candidature.

The Dusu president told Justice Indermeet Kaur that the plea by Chaudhary, who has alleged that Tuseed concealed and suppressed facts from the authorities, was an attempt to “malign his public image”.

Mr Chaudhary has moved the impleadment application in a pending petition by Mr Tuseed who has challenged the DU election commission's order rejecting his nomination for the polls on the grounds of disciplinary action.

Mr Chaudhary has said that according to the guidelines of the Lyngdoh committee, a candidate shall not have a previous criminal record, nor be tried or convicted of any criminal offence and shall not have been subject to any disciplinary action by the university authorities.

The plea claimed that Mr Tuseed has not disclosed to the DU authorities that an FIR was lodged against him in 2014 at Rajouri Garden police station in West Delhi for the alleged offences of causing hurt, attempt to murder, trespass and common intention and that he had remained in judicial custody from August 28, 2014 to September 15, 2014.

A chargesheet was also filed in the case. Mr Tuseed in his reply filed through advocate Nikhil Bhalla submitted that Mr Chaudhary's application is not maintainable as the present proceedings are not the appropriate proceedings and appropriate forum as per the Lyngdoh panel guidelines.

The reply said the ABVP candidate has not come to this court with clean hands as there are FIRs pending against him. Mr Bhalla said Mr Tuseed has neither been tried nor convicted in any criminal matter. The ABVP candidate, in his plea filed through advocate Jivesh Tiwari, has said there was “deliberate misrepresentation of facts and narration of false facts by the petitioner ( Tuseed).

◗ Tuseed hasn’t told the DU that an FIR was lodged against him in 2014 at Rajouri Garden police station for the offences of attempt to murder etc, the plea stated