Tell us about the telephone conversation which the ATS claims it has in its possession.
On November 3, when she was produced before the Nashik court, the police sought four days additional custody. The police told the court that they wanted to interrogate her based on a telephonic conversation. My question is why the ATS did not mention the telephonic conversation or transcripts in the remand application. Ironically there was not even a vague or casual reference about this conversation. I want to ask why the ATS had hidden this fact. However on that day they did not manage to get police custody as she was remanded in judicial custody.
Have you managed to get the transcripts of the telephonic conversation?
No. Not at this juncture.
Lt Col Purohit says in his narco-analysis test that he had met the sadhvi. Do you think they are linked?
I would say no. We meet so many people everyday and if that person is involved in a crime does not mean that you too are guilty.
How is the sadhvi coping with the situation? Is she hopeful of coming out clean?
Absolutely. I am reasonably confident that she will come out clean. Even if MCOCA is invoked she will still come out clean. The ATS is trying hard to invoke MCOCA against her although they do not have the grounds to do so.
What does your client have to say about the case?
She just says that it is not her fault and that she is being framed. She says that she is innocent and in particular has no connection with the Malegaon blast. She says the ATS is aware that she is innocent and it appears that they have a mandate from their political superiors to implicate her in the Malegaon blast with a view to suggest that Hindu religious extremists are resorting to terrorism.
How has she taken this entire episode? Is she down or does she still have the will to fight?
She is not at all down. She is confident and with each passing day she is growing in confidence and wants to fight this out. She knows now that she has a lot of support. Check all the social networking sites and you will see for yourself the amount of support she has managed to generate. She does not want any kind of special treatment in jail. Recently when her two sisters met her she told them that she does not require home food and prefers jail food. My client is very strong mentally and will fight this battle.
Image: BJP leader L K Advani addresses a rally at Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Monday. He called the treatment of Sadhvi Pragya as 'barbaric'.
Photograph: PTI Photo
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