Geetika death: I was in Sirsa all along, claims Kanda

Former Haryana minister Gopal Kanda, charged of abetting the suicide of 23-year-old former air hostess Geetika Sharma claims he was in Sirsa for all the 11 days when he was declared absconding. Delhi Police now plans to seek custody of another suspect Aruna Chaddha, in order to jointly interrogate them.

On Day two of his custody, police on Monday will try and confront Kanda with his employee Aruna Chadha. Aruna will be produced in the Rohini court on Monday afternoon. Police sources say her custody is important because Aruna and Kanda are the only two accused in the case and police want to question them in the presence of each other. They want see if the statements given by both the accused corroborate each other or not. This face-off can nail their link in the suicide case. Police began questioning Kanda at 10 am sharp on Sunday. He was taken to the MDLR office and finally brought back to Ashok Nagar police station at 5pm. Kanda's lawyers said their client is helping the investigation but isn't keeping well. "He is cooperating with the investigation but his BP shot up so we request he should be given medicine at proper time, Kanda's lawyer Kapil Sanhla. Police couldn't arrest Kanda till he surrendered 13 days after the suicide. Now that he is in the possession of Delhi police it will be seen if they can build a strong case against the two accused.