Author: PTI
Publication: Mid-Day
Date: February 12, 2005
URL: http://ww1.mid-day.com/news/nation/2005/february/103458.htm
Introduction: Delhi police blames
it on delay in informing cops
As his force failed to make any
headway in the SAR Geelani attack case, Delhi police commissioner K K Paul
yesterday indicated that the delay in informing police about the incident
had made investigations difficult.
"Police got information about the
attack almost 45 minutes to one hour after it occurred... There was a long
delay. If this had not been so, maybe some things could have been found
earlier," he said.
Police were first informed about
the incident at 10.10 pm on Tuesday by a constable posted at the All India
Institute of Medical Sciences, where Geelani was taken by his lawyer Nandita
Haksar and her husband.
The lecturer, who was acquitted
in the Parliament attack case, was shot outside Haksar's residence in Vasant
Enclave.
Paul did not comment on the probe,
saying "investigation is on and it is not right to comment before getting
the report".
He dismissed allegations by some
human rights activists that the police itself masterminded the attack.
"Some things have been said about the police, but I can say with confidence
that these are wrong," he said.
