Author: UNI
Publication: The New Indian Express
Date: February 13, 2005
URL: http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEL20050212121146&Page=L&Title=B+R+E+A+K+I+N+G++++N+E+W+S&Topic=0&
Noted columnist and auditor S Gurumurthy
on Saturday night alleged that the special investigation team (SIT) was
indulging in intimidatory tactics, but he will not be deterred from pursuing
the proposed criminal case against SIT officials for leaking out misleading
contents about his statements made to them at the time of interrogation.
In a statement here, Gurumurthy
said he was hearing reports that the SIT has filed an FIR against him for
purported offences like not cooperating with the police, giving false information
etc at the time of interrogation.
If these reports were true, he termed
these efforts as ridiculous, and surprised that even before he was served
summons, the police have chosen to spread rumours about the purported case.
Meanwhile, Mahesh Jethmalani, lawyer
of Gurumurthy, in a letter to Mohanavelu, deputy superintendent of police,
Kancheepuram, who filed the FIR against Gurumurthy, said that his client
was presently at Mumbai in connection with his professional commitments.
He said Gurumurthy will be outside
the state of Tamil Nadu and would be available at his Chennai residence
on February 26.
If before that the police required
any information from Gurumurthy, they could contact him over his mobile
phone or him, Mahaesh Jethmalani added.
