Express News Service
JAIPUR: The role of the police is under the scanner in the case involving a khadim of the Ajmer Dargah threatening to kill Nupur Sharma for insulting Prophet Muhammad. Salman Chishti was arrested soon after his video went viral.
However, in another clip, a policeman escorting him is heard telling Chishti that he would be “saved if he admits he was drunk” when making the video. The clip involving the cop was purportedly made when the khadim was presented before a court.
The BJP has alleged that the cop’s view reflects the appeasement policy of the Congress government, drawing a rejection from the latter that called the accusation as absurd. Police officer Sandeep Saraswat involved in the “conversation” with Chishti was shunted out on Wednesday.
Saraswat later said the video was “correct”, but incomplete. Salman is a habitual criminal as well as a drug addict. “Arresting him from the Khadim locality was difficult. His house was raided late at night. We kept talking to him as he was brought to the police station. I had no evil intention,” Saraswat apparently told his seniors.
