Son seeks anticipatory bail in murder case of Sandhya Singh

S Ahmed Ali

Aug 14,2013,

Mumbai: In the fresh development in the Sandhya Singh murder case, her son Raghuveer has now approached the Bombay high court seeking anticipatory bail. Last month, the Thane sessions court had rejected his anticipatory bail after the city crime branch opposed it.
    Sources said Raghuveer’s move comes as he is under the police scanner and also because his father Jaiprakash Singh, central excise commissioner Indore, who was questioned on Monday, had told police that he suspects his son may be involved in the murder.
    “From the circumstances of the murder, we strongly suspect Raghuveer but we are not very confident. Hence, we want to conduct scientific tests on Raghuveer so that the truth comes out,” said an officer.
    On Tuesday, Jaiprakash sent this reporter an SMS stating that he has indeed told the cops that he suspected his son’s involvement but the Navi Mumbai had given Raghuveer a clean chit. “Mumbai police is resorting to half truths and conducting a media trial. Half truths can be more damaging than outright falsehood,” his SMS stated.
    On Wednesday, the Thane sessions court will decide on Raghuveer’s plea that the brain-mapping and polygraph tests on him be conducted outside Maharashtra.However, sources said the crime branch is all set to carry narco-analysis on Raghuveer’s girlfriend Shreya who is at a rehabilitation centre.