Swamy has alleged that 'inordinate delay' has been caused in the investigation 'which is a blot on the justice system'.
In a big development, the Delhi High court on Thursday directed the Delhi police to file a status report within three days in the death of Sunanda Pushkar after a plea was filed by BJP leader Subramanium Swamy seeking a court-monitored probe either by a Special Investigation Team or CBI.
A bench of Justice GS Sistani and Justice Chandrashekhar fixed the next date of hearing as August 1.
The Delhi police had filed the status report in the court on Thursday. However, their counsel Rahul Mehra said that the report will be submitted only after he has a taken a look into it.
The Delhi police informed the court that they were working on the investigations and are close to complete it.
“We are working on the investigation. We may not have been able to satisfy Subramaniam Swamy, but we are close to complete the investigation. There are a lot of things that we have to put on record,” the police said.
The court said that it will look at what the police has to say before taking any decision.
Meanwhile, the Delhi police informed the court that they do not have any objection if the case is transferred to the CBI.
Swamy had filed a petition in the HC on July 6, stating that “inordinate delays” have been caused in the case of Pushkar’s death, “which are a blot on the justice system”. It further said that this case “is an extreme example of the slow-motion of criminal justice process and the extent to which it can be subverted by the rich and the influential”.
Swamy also alleged that Tharoor used his influential position to divert the course of investigation. The court then asked Swamy about the public interest connected to the case, to which he replied that there was a public interest in exposing corruption.
The Bench then queried how Tharoor could influence the investigation, as neither he nor his party was in power now. Swamy replied that Tharoor was still a Member of Parliament and there were allegations against him
The plea also questioned the role of the police officers investigating the case, stating that no arrests have been made and a chargesheet has also not been filed till date, even after three years of the incident.
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