“I can see my death before my eyes," Sengar said. "I have been told not to reveal anything to anybody. Otherwise my family and I will be killed," he added.
UJJAIN (MP): An eyewitness to the death of professor H S Sabharwal following violence in college elections here claimed on Friday he was being 'pressurised' to retract his complaint that led to the arrest of two top ABVP leaders, even as police enhanced his security in view of threat perceptions.
Madhav College peon Komal Singh Sengar is now being guarded by five constables. Earlier, three guards had been provided to Sengar after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad leaders were arrested and remanded to police custody for the alleged murder of Sabharwal, a police official said.
Sengar told the NDTV channel that he was being 'pressurised' to withdraw his statement that led to the arrests of ABVP leaders Shariranjan Akela and Vimal Tomar. He expressed fear for his life and said he had even been offered money to retract his statement.
"I can see my death before my eyes," Sengar said. "I have been told not to reveal anything to anybody. Otherwise my family and I will be killed."
Akela and Tomar were shown by TV channels threatening another professor M L Nath after the student union election in the college was cancelled on August 26. Sabharwal was supervising the polls.
Since Sengar is an eyewitness to the manhandling of Sabharwal, and Madhya Pradesh ABVP President Akela and organisation secretary Tomar were booked in the case on the basis of his statement, appropriate security was necessary for him, they said.
Sengar, who was undergoing medical treatment for some health complications after lodging the police complaint, has been discharged from hospital.
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