Author: Vijaita Singh
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: May 15 2011
URL: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/antiindia-speech-charge-against-roy-geela/791053/
Almost five months after Delhi Police registered
a case of "sedition" against writer Arundhati Roy, Hurriyat leader
SAS Geelani and four others, a status report was filed in a city court recently.
In the report, the police said that the allegations made in the complaint
against the accused regarding "anti-India speeches were true" and
they needed more time to file a detailed report.
In the report filed before a Delhi court,
the police said they were yet to question Roy, Geelani and others named in
the FIR but had interrogated Sushil Pandit who was a complainant in the case.
Delhi Police had registered a case last year
following a directive from a city court on a petition filed by Pandit.
Pandit alleged that the accused made anti-India
speeches at a conference on 'Azadi- the Only Way' at LTG auditorium in New
Delhi on October 21, 2010.
"We filed a status report in the court.
We called the complainant and recorded his version again. None of the accused
have been questioned yet," said KC Dwivedi, ACP (New Delhi).
The police said so far they have not arrested
anyone as the formal interrogation was yet to begin.
The next date of hearing in the case is on
July 5. Police said the report was filed after taking legal opinion from various
experts.