Japanese national Tsuyachi Nakashima, accused in a narcotics case, says his English is not good. But the Union government is not ready to buy it.
Japanese national Tsuyachi Nakashima, accused in a narcotics case, says his English is not good. But the Union government is not ready to buy it.
The 22-year-old Nakashima, who was arrested by Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) officials on May 2, 2006 for possessing 7.5 kg of hashish, was allowed to avail the services of a Japanese-English translator by the special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act Court on April 4, 2007 .
But this has upset the AIU officials, who moved Bombay High Court against this order of the special court, claiming Nakashima has given a six-page handwritten statement to the investigating officers in English.
Last week, Justice VC Daga issued notices before admission to Nakashima as no advocate had appeared before the court on his behalf.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Usha Kejriwal had argued that Nakashima was misusing the provision of the translator to retract his statement made to AIU officials on May 3, 2006.
She said documents found with Nakashima showed that he had studied English up to the high school level. Moreover, the statement recorded by the AIU was written by Nakashima himself, and was signed in both English and Japanese.
As per the prosecution, Nakashima arrived in Mumbai on February 9, 2006. After spending a day in the city, he went to Goa.
There he met an Italian man, who promised him $5000 and air tickets for delivering a parcel of hashish to his accomplices in Italy.
From Goa , Nakashima went to Delhi to collect the parcel from a person called Tom and took a train back to Mumbai.
He was intercepted by AIU officials at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on May 2, 2006 when he was taking a Swiss Air flight to Zurich via Milan.
According to the Union government’s application, “the offence is serious in nature and against the society and nation at large” and the trial could be conducted even without an interpreter. The case will be heard on August 30.
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