Faking news: ‘Normal for files to go missing during probe’

Kripashankar Singh, who was removed as the president of the Congress party’s Maharashtra unit following charges of amassing wealth disproportionate to his known sources of income, has downplayed the reported event of files being burnt in the backyard of his Bandra home. He said such events are routine during investigations and not much significance should be attached to them.

“Files do go missing while the law takes its own course,” Singh said. “We have earlier seen how files related to the Adarsh Housing Society scam went missing from various offices in Mumbai and Delhi. This is nothing new. Even witnesses go missing. At least nothing of that sort has happened in my case.”

Singh reiterated that the law should be allowed to take its own course and the media and public should not unnecessarily get bothered with incidents like the burning of files or possible tip-offs about raids on the premises of the leader.

Asked by Faking News if he thought he was being targeted because he was a North Indian living in Mumbai, Kripashankar Singh said it was a good idea and he will think about it.

“But one thing is for sure,” he said. “I am being unfairly targeted because people think I could be corrupt. Speaking against corruption has become a fashionable thing and I am the latest victim of this fad. Some people are still wearing that ‘I am Anna’ cap and are making such noises.”

He expressed hope that people would soon forget about such issues and let the courts and police do their job — the standard procedure that should be adopted by any civil society and functioning democracy.

“I have full faith in the judiciary and justice system of this country,” he said. “Let’s wait for a few years, our courts will decide.”

The Congress leader, who is often projected as the leader of North Indians in Mumbai, cited the example of Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was chargesheeted earlier this week by the CBI for his involvement in the fodder scam that took place during his tenure as Bihar chief minister in 1996.

“It’s not like it took 30 or 40 years for the CBI to file the chargesheet!” he said. “Let’s wait and watch what courts say about my property. Let’s wait. It’s not like it is Sachin’s 100th international century and must happen within a year.”

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