A delegation of lawyers and activists accompanied Dangwimsai Pul, the widow of former Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul, on Tuesday to hand-deliver a letter to Vice-President Hamid Ansari for an independent probe into corruption allegations raised in her husband’s suicide note against sitting Supreme Court judges and politicians.
Ms. Pul, accompanied by advocate Prashant Bhushan, Harsh Mander, Yogendra Yadav among others, sought setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to credibly investigate the allegations raised in the suicide note.
The letter said she was approaching the Vice-President as the note contained allegations against the President of India too.
The letter asked the Vice-President to “consult other judges in terms of Veeraswami’s judgment and permit filing of an FIR against the Chief Justice of India and Justice Dipak Misra.” “If these allegations are not credibly investigated, a serious cloud of suspicion will continue to remain over the politicians and judges whose names are mentioned in the suicide note. This would be most unfortunate for our democracy as well as for the judiciary. A credible investigation in this matter can only be done by an SIT constituted by 3/5 judges next in seniority to the judges named in the note,” the letter said.
On February 23, Ms. Pul withdrew from the SC, objecting to how her letter to CJI Khehar was converted into a criminal writ petition and placed for judicial hearing before a Bench.
