Chennai: Four AIADMK advocates have petitioned the Director General of Police and city police commissioner to investigate into the death of Sadiq Batcha, a close aide of former telecom minister and an accused in the 2G scam A.Raja, on the basis of the new evidence now emerges from Prabakaran.
Batcha was found hanging at his residence in Chennai in March 2011. The CBI had earlier filed a closure report in the case, terming it suicide. In their petition sent through speed post to the DGP and CoP on June 9, advocates S. Diwakar, P.V. Selvakumar, C. Thirumaran and Ram Sankar submitted that one K. Prabakaran of Ayyur village, Ariyalur district gave a press statement at Trichy press club on May 17, 2016, claiming that he killed Sadiq Batcha, a former aid of the then telecom minister A. Raja. He further stated that he was assisted by a relative of Raja and a then high ranking police officer.
Prabakaran had also claimed that he strangulated Batcha by a towel and was assisted in this by the others. “This statement given by Prabakaran suggested that Sadiq Batcha was murdered. Murder is a serious crime. It can be investigated at any time by the police. We request you to investigate the death of Sadiq Batcha on the basis of the new evidence now emerges from Prabakaran and do the needful. We request the commissioner of police to reopen the case”, the AIADMK advocates said in their joint letter to the DGP and the CoP.
A police officer, when contacted, said the lawyers’ letter appeared to have been sent by speed-post and was yet to reach the addressees. Requesting anonymity, he said police could not get Prabakaran after his Tiruchy media meet and it was possible he had gone into hiding. “It is up to the CBI, which probed the Batcha death case, to decide on reopening the case”, he said.
