New Delhi:
10 days after former air-hostess Geetika Sharma killed herself, the Delhi Police is yet to trace former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda who is accused of abetting her suicide.
Investigators have conducted searches and raids at around 50 places and have questioned over 25 people but are still unable to trace Mr Kanda, the owner of erstwhile MDLR airline where 23-year-old Geetika was an employee till May this year.
Mr Kanda was served a notice to join investigations last week but the former minister has since been missing. The police has declared him an "absconder" while his employee Aruna Chaddha has been arrested.
Mr Kanda and Ms Chaddha were named in Geetika's suicide note. The former air hostess committed suicide on August 5, alleging that they were harassing her. Both Mr Kanda and Ms Chaddha have denied the allegations.
The former minister had moved a local court and then Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail. While the local court denied it, the High Court has reserved the order.
Police have told the High Court that they "already have enough evidence" against Mr Kanda and required his custodial interrogation for a deeper probe.
Mr Kanda's lawyer has argued that prima facie, no case is made out against his client on the basis of the FIR and the suicide note. "The suicide note cannot be treated as the gospel truth and the same has to be proved by independent evidence," he had said.