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Varun Gandhi CD sent for Tests was Altered, says Forensic Lab

  •   Sun, Jun 21 2009 05:04:00 PM

Chandigarh, June 21 (IANS) : The CD containing the alleged inflammatory speeches by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi that was sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) here for tests was "not original" and had been altered, an official source said Sunday.

"The voice in the tape was that of Varun Gandhi but we did not get the original tapes. They were the edited version in which different clippings were clubbed together," a CFSL official told IANS on condition of anonymity.

Gandhi, grandson of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and now a BJP MP from Philibhit in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in March for making communal speeches during an election campaign. He was released on bail in April. The Uttar Pradesh government had filed a case against Gandhi under the stringent National Security Act.

"We got the voice samples in the form of a CD, a video cassette and a microchip. Our duty was to just examine those tapes and we simply did that and submitted our report. However, we are afraid that somebody had interfered with the original tapes," the official added.

The CD reportedly contained three speeches made on three separate days in March.

Meanwhile R.S. Verma, director of CFSL, said: "We got the tapes for scrutiny and after proper examination we compiled a detailed report. The report was sent to the UP (Uttar Pradesh) police Saturday."

"I cannot divulge the details of the report as police have to do further investigation," Verma told reporters here.

Gandhi has maintained that the allegations against him are false and the voice in the CD is not his.

  

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  • Honey, Bhatkal

    Mon, Jun 22 2009

    If the CD is doctored, surely Mr. Varun should get clean chit from the Police and the Government. No one should be deprived of natural justice... but what about those who came to the rescue of Mr. Varun Gandhi and supported the alleged communally inflamatory utterances?

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Sun, Jun 21 2009

    As a citizen, Mr Varun Gandhi must be given a chance to prove his innocense and credibiltiy of the tape. He has repeatedly said that the tapes were doctored and not his original voice. Now it looks like his statement is true and he must be given a fair trial without bias and if not found guilty, must be acquitted. Personalities of his stature are more vulnerable to these types of attacks to get political mileage. Whichever the party behind these fraud, be it congress or BSP or SP must be exposed and EC should make a note of it and take strong action against the perperators. We need rule of the law and we need good and impartial judiciary.

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