The prosecution in Shivani Bhatnagar murder case claimed that IPS officer R K Sharma had visited Delhi before the scribe's murder in order to plan the commission of the offence.
NEW DELHI: The prosecution in Shivani Bhatnagar murder case on Tuesday claimed before a court here that key accused and suspended IPS officer R K Sharma had visited Delhi days before the scribe's murder in order to plan the commission of the offence.
Arguing before Additional Sessions Judge Rajender Kumar Shastri, special public prosecutor S K Saxena alleged Sharma had used his visit to Delhi as an opportunity to plan Shivani's murder in connivance with five other accused.
Ten days prior to Shivani's murder on January 23, 1999 Sharma, then Chief Vigilance Officer of Indian Airlines (now Air India) and residing in Mumbai, made a visit to the capital in order to give 'finishing touches' as to how Shivani's murder should be committed, the prosecution alleged.
Apart from Sharma, the other accused are Pradeep Sharma, Satya Prakash, Ved Prakash Sharma, Sri Bhagwan and Ved alias Kalu.
The prosecutor also alleged that Sharma had called Shivani from Hotel Ashoka on January 13, 1999 and asked her to meet him there.
Reading from various evidence put on record, the prosecution claimed that Sharma had also asked the other accused to the hotel so that they could see Shivani.
It also submitted that location chart of the mobile phone used by the accused on that day indicated they were in and around the area near Shivani's residence in East Delhi.
R K Sharma has been exempted from attending court proceedings after he was granted a custody parole by the court in order to consult his doctor for treatment of his alleged back problem.
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