J Dey murder case: CBI seeks order for Rajan voice samples

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday urged a special MCOCA court here to issue a direction to deported gangster Chhota Rajan to give his voice samples for probe in connection with 2011 J Dey murder case. 

"First he (Rajan) gave his consent (for the voice test) but later he refused to undergo the same," CBI prosecutor Bharat Badami told the court, after the fugitive was produced before it via video-link from Tihar jail.

On the CBI plea, Special Judge SS Adkar asked Rajan's advocate Anshuman Sinha to file a reply. The matter is likely to come up for hearing on February 11. The CBI told the court that an audio CD, containing telephonic conversation between Rajan and a person, has been deposited in the court by the Mumbai Police and they want to compare the voice in the CD with that of Rajan.

Badami also sought more time for investigation into the murder, saying that they need to take help of some external agencies like Interpol to probe the case against Rajan as he was out of country for long, following which its prayer was granted.

The CBI said the mobile of Dey, the murdered journalist, has not been sent for any forensic test and pleaded to the court to handover the mobile to the agency for its examination at CFSL in New Delhi. The agency also requested the court that two laptops and one computer hard disk of Dey may also be handed over to the CBI for further forensic examination and retrieval of deleted data.

On January 19, the court had allowed the CBI's plea seeking a nod to question the 54-year-old gangster for 10 days, starting January 27 before adjourning the case.

Meanwhile, in an alleged fake passport case, three retired public servants, who were chargesheeted along with Rajan, have been summoned by a Delhi court on March 14.

Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar summoned the three accused after taking cognisance of the CBI's charge-sheet in the case, as it observed that since these public servants have already retired, no sanction under Section 19 of the Prevention of Corruption Act was required to be taken before proceeding against them.