[Even the state apparatuses are now very much in the game. Evidently, the game here is to extort a "confession" from the accused, by pressurising and also luring him with an offer of escape out of the morass, which'd implicate Sonia Gandhi and/or Rahul Gandhi.
In fact, even without any success as yet, the very same trick is being deployed. Too dangerous for democracy. Not for nothing Sakshi Maharaj, a ruling party MP, has predicted that this would be the last election! (Ref.: < https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/this-will-be-last-poll-sakshi-maharaj/cid/1686932 >.) 《Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman and an accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, told a Delhi court Friday that he had “never named anybody” during his questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, and that the agency had leaked details of its supplementary chargesheet to the media before sharing it with him. On his application, Special Judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the ED and sought a response by Saturday.》] https://indianexpress.com/article/india/michel-to-court-never-named-anybody-ed-has-leaked-the-chargesheet-5661501/?fbclid=IwAR0xhwZ9Omg5bVLpFiUNc6b7kko4kyxsJ_3nmVoXdBx5QEdkF0LNUKwLweU Christian Michel to court: Never named anybody, ED has leaked the chargesheet Michel’s advocate Aljo K Joseph told the court: “He was asked by the investigating agency to give possible initialsfor people and that is all he did. He never named anybody in his statement before the agency, which is being leaked to the media.” Written by Pritam Pal Singh | New Delhi | Updated: April 6, 2019 11:36:46 am RELATED NEWS Investigative reports in Indian Express: Probing AgustaWestland deal, tracking Christian Michel trail Indian Express exposed Michel, Tyagi, note with initials; mentioned in chargesheet VVIP Chopper: ED’s supplementary charge sheet against Michel claims 42 million euros in kickbacks Rakesh Asthana met me, threatened to make life hell: Christian Michel in court Citing Michel’s statement, the ED has claimed: “As per Christian Michel James, ‘AP’ means Ahmed Patel and ‘Fam’ means Family.” (Express File Photo) Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman and an accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, told a Delhi court Friday that he had “never named anybody” during his questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, and that the agency had leaked details of its supplementary chargesheet to the media before sharing it with him. On his application, Special Judge Arvind Kumar issued notice to the ED and sought a response by Saturday. Michel’s advocate Aljo K Joseph told the court: “He was asked by the investigating agency to give possible initials for people and that is all he did. He never named anybody in his statement before the agency, which is being leaked to the media.” Citing Michel’s statement, the ED has claimed: “As per Christian Michel James, ‘AP’ means Ahmed Patel and ‘Fam’ means Family.” Urging the court to ask the ED how the chargesheet got leaked, Joseph said the agency “clandestinely” provided its copies to media houses which are publishing the same in instalments only to sensationalise the issue and prejudice the named accused even before the court has taken cognizance. At this, the judge said an order cannot be passed right away on the application without hearing the ED. The court is scheduled to decide Saturday whether the accused can be summoned, and on the cognizance of the chargesheet. The chargesheet filed Thursday added three new names to the list of accused, taking the count of individuals and firms that stand accused to 41 — David Nigel John Syms, who the ED claimed was Michel’s business partner, and two firms owned by them, M/s Global Trade and Commerce Limited and M/s Global Services FZE, UAE. Rejecting allegations in the chargesheet, Michel’s counsel said “the ED is not interested in a fair trial in a court of law and only wants a trial by media, which is causing prejudice to the rights of the accused persons”. “ED is making a mockery of the judicial process resulting in complete travesty of justice,” Joseph said, adding that “the extradition treaty prohibits the extradition of accused involved in political offences and the government is now using the Enforcement Directorate and all the investigating agencies for political purpose,” his application stated. “The copy of the chargesheet was provided to the media before it was provided to the accused,” the counsel said. “It is pertinent to mention here that the prosecuting agency is acting as a weapon in the hands of the government and by clandestinely giving the documents to the media houses engineered in media, trial with ulterior motives,” it stated. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
