New Delhi:
Under attack from Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Wednesday wrote to the Home Ministry rebutting charges that police had interfered when a magistrate was recording the statement of Delhi gang-rape survivor.
In his letter, Mr Kumar refuted the allegation that police had forced a questionnaire on the Sub Divisional Magistrate who recorded the statement of the rape survivor and had refused its videography.
The Police Commissioner said it on police insistence that girl's statement was recorded as her condition was decorating day-by-day.
Mr Kumar also said investigation was the job of the police and it was doing its best to get justice to the survivor.
Earlier, Ms Dikshit shot off a letter to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde citing a communication to her by Deputy Commissioner (East) B M Mishra that SDM Usha Chaturvedi had complained that senior police officials' interfered while she was recording the statement of the victim.
Meanwhile, the Home Ministry on Wednesday said it has decided to take "immediate appropriate action" on the controversy.
"The Home Ministry has received Delhi Chief Minister's complaint letter as well as a letter from the Police Commissioner refuting the charges. The Ministry has taken note of the two letters and decided to take immediate appropriate action," an official said without elaborating.
In his letter, Mr Kumar refuted the allegation that police had forced a questionnaire on the Sub Divisional Magistrate who recorded the statement of the rape survivor and had refused its videography.
The Police Commissioner said it on police insistence that girl's statement was recorded as her condition was decorating day-by-day.
Mr Kumar also said investigation was the job of the police and it was doing its best to get justice to the survivor.
Earlier, Ms Dikshit shot off a letter to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde citing a communication to her by Deputy Commissioner (East) B M Mishra that SDM Usha Chaturvedi had complained that senior police officials' interfered while she was recording the statement of the victim.
Meanwhile, the Home Ministry on Wednesday said it has decided to take "immediate appropriate action" on the controversy.
"The Home Ministry has received Delhi Chief Minister's complaint letter as well as a letter from the Police Commissioner refuting the charges. The Ministry has taken note of the two letters and decided to take immediate appropriate action," an official said without elaborating.
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