Cop held in Saji Mohan drug case wants to turn approver
MUMBAI: Seven years after the arrest of former IPS and narcotics control bureau (NCB) zonal director of Chandigarh Saji Mohan for possession of heroin, co-accused in the case Rajesh Kataria, a constable from Haryana police, has approached the court with the request of being made an approver and granted pardon.
Kataria was apprehended on January 17, 2009, with Vicky Oberoi from Oshiwara with 1.85kg of heroin.
He has filed a one-page application before the designated court, pleading he wants to tell the truth about Mohan’s contacts and how the consignment was transferred.
Sources said Kataria intends to reveal the number of consignments that reached the city on his instructions and to whom all they were delivered. They added that Kataria was Mohan’s key confident and used to transport drugs to various cities on his instructions.
After they were arrested, Kataria and Oberoi broke down during interrogation and revealed about Mohan’s involvement.
Oberoi alerted the investigating team about Mohan’s arrival in the city with a big consignment of drugs based on which the latter was arrested a week later with a bag containing 12kg heroin.
Later, another consignment of 25kg was seized from a room at Naigaon.
The court has now asked the investigating agency and special public prosecutor to file a reply to Kataria’s application. Oberoi, an approver in the case, is being cross-examined by Mohan’s advocate.
“Kataria was Mohan’s key confident. I have already sent forwarded his application and a decision on this is yet to be made,” special public prosecutor Avadhut Chimalkar told HT.
Mohan’s advocate Shekhar Bhandari said, “We are strongly objecting the move as he has made the move seven years later. The prosecution has already examined 14 witnesses and is cross examining the approver (Oberoi) is going on. Moreover, Rajesh was found with commercial quantity of the contraband in view of this he cannot be allowed to be pardoned.” MUMBAI: As chronic diseases are becoming more prevalent in old age, healthcare in later life has become one of the major concerns among working women, says a report. “Women are living longer than ever before. However, chronic diseases are more prevalent in old age, making health care in later life one of the top concerns among working women,” according to a private bank’s report on ‘The Future of Retirement - Healthy New Beginnings’ report.
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