The charge sheet filed by the Special Investigation Team against Jitendra Narayan, former chief secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the gangrape case of a 21-year-old woman has revealed that he tried to destroy evidence of the woman’s presence at his official residence last year. misused his position. ,
During interrogation of B Soni, Personal Assistant to former CS, it was found that “accused Jitendra Narayan had sent certain voice notes to Soni through WhatsApp, which were found to be crucial evidence in connection with destruction of evidence in this case, particularly Digital Video Recorder (DVR) at Roop Narayan’s official residence.
The chargesheet also mentions the removal of a “network video recorder” that was installed at Narayan’s plush government bungalow in Port Blair and the sending of the NVR’s “4TB hard disk drive” to “Delhi” through a private airline in July. is also mentioned. 25, 2022.
Sony’s mobile phone was seized and sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) for examination and dating. Later, it was revealed (based on Narayan and Soni’s chat) that he had sent a “4TB hard disk drive” to Delhi through a private airline.
The text of the chat between Narayan and Soni, accessed by PTI, read: “8 boxes by GM sir today AI 486.” Narayan replied: “Well the cost.” In response to Narayan, Soni said, ‘Rs 4757, 135 kg ie Rs 35.24 per kg.’ After this conversation a missed voice call came.
Then, Sonny texted again: “Sir gadgets can’t go in cargo.” Narayan replied: “Tara.” Thereafter, Narayan sent five voice notes to Soni on WhatsApp and then texted: “Kripya. (Please check)” Soni replied: “Sir will check and revert.” The last note sent by Soni to Narayan was a PDF file which read: “Sent – Cargo Bill AI 486 PB DEL 25.07.22.” Speaking to PTI, the woman’s lawyer Phatik Chandra Das said, “In the case of former chief secretary Jitendra Narayan, the police has submitted the charge sheet before the honorable court, which I have read as a lawyer. victim, and I have seen the detailed report of the SIT.
“It is based on proper evidence on record, and valuable material on these available in the charge sheet. I appreciate the efforts of the police. The matter is now fixed before the High Court Circuit Bench at Port Blair on the bail plea of Jitendra Narayan on February 20. I will appear on behalf of the victim to oppose the bail application. A copy of the chargesheet available with PTI also revealed that on July 27, 2020, before leaving for Delhi (on receipt of his transfer letter), Narayan called CCTV technician Sawab Hussain to his residence and told him that he was present in the CCTV erase data. hard disk.
“Hussain told him that it would take a long time to delete the data, following which Narayan asked him to remove the hard disks from the installed NVR, and he removed the two 4TB hard disks and handed them over to Narayan on July 23, 2022. stated in the charge sheet.
“Jitendra Narayan carried out the incident with the intention of exploiting the innocent victim (which was corroborated from the documents obtained by APWD and Webstep Technologies Pvt Ltd) and destroying evidence relating to his wrongdoings including statements of witnesses.”
According to the chargesheet, the investigation also revealed that whenever any female “guest”, including the woman (who was allegedly sexually assaulted by Narayan on March 27 and April 27 last year) visited his residence in Port Blair Came to the bungalow, the cooks were confined. The kitchen was told not to come in and out until they were told to, and the other employees and janitors were instructed to go to the electrical room at the back of the house.
Not least, he also instructed the security guards not to record entry of guests’ vehicles, and asked the guards to keep the gates open before the ‘certain guest’ entered. The staff were intimidated by him because of his abusive behaviour,” a witness report in the charge sheet showed.
“In March 2022, a day earlier CS Jitendra Narayan directed RL Rishi (suspended labor commissioner and one of the accused in the case) over a VoIP call through WhatsApp to ‘bring a girl to his bungalow’, and then Rishi Contacted Sandeep. Singh alias Rinku (a Port Blair based businessman, one of the accused) to persuade the victim to carry out the instruction of Narayan,” the document said.
Police had said that the charge sheet, which was filed earlier this month, was based on the statements of around 90 witnesses, forensic science reports and electronic evidence.
The SIT is probing allegations that a 21-year-old woman was taken to the residence of the former chief secretary on the pretext of a government job and then allegedly raped by several people, including Narayan.
Narayan was arrested on November 10 last year and the FIR was registered on October 1 when he was posted as the chairman and managing director of the Delhi Financial Corporation.
At present all the three accused are in judicial custody.
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