New Delhi:
The Delhi Police has said that a controversial CD of purported conversations between lawyer-activist Shanti Bhushan and politicians Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav was not doctored.
The CD was sent anonymously to media offices in April, this year. The CD allegedly has Mr Bhushan in conversation with Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh and Amar Singh. A voice that resembles Mr Bhushan's states that a judge can be bribed for four crores for a desired verdict.
Mr Bhushan, and his son, Prashant, had both said the CD contained different conversations edited together to discredit them. A forensic lab in Chandigarh had said the CD was doctored; a government lab in Delhi and another in Hyderabad said it was genuine. Prashant Bhushan filed a police case alleging that the CDs were doctored.
The Bhushans also got the CD tested from two other sources- the Truth Labs and from a lab in the US - which said the CD was doctored.
The Bhushans had been nominated by activist Anna Hazare to a drafting committee for a new anti-corruption Lokpal bill. After Anna fasted for four days, raising huge national support, the government agreed that the Bill would be developed by five ministers and five civil society activists.
Mr Bhushan, speaking to NDTV said, "I will file a petition in the Supreme Court for an independent probe into the CD issue. It is a politically motivated case. Had there been a Lokpal, all these Police officers involved in the probe would have been punished."