Fresh trouble brewed for former Haryana Minister Gopal Kanda, arrested in the suicide case of his former employee, today with Delhi Police slapping sections of Information Technology Act against him for allegedly sending false electronic message leading to harassment of the deceased.
Dharmendra Kumar, Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), said police have invoked Section 66(A), sending information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character or false or to deceive or to mislead, against Gopal Kanda.
“We have invoked this section as the accused through electronic message, forged details and sent it,” Dharmendra Kumar told reporters without elaborating.
Geetika Sharma had allegedly committed suicide on August 5 in her Ashok Vihar residence and in her suicide note accused Gopal Kanda, her former employer at now-defunct MDLR Airline and Aruna Chaddha. The deceased and her family alleged that Gopal Kanda was pressurising Geetika Sharma to rejoin his firm after she left the job.
The family had also alleged that Gopal Kanda had sent an email to Emirates Airline where Geetika Sharma was working after leaving MDLR Airline claiming that she was involved in a cheating case. It was also alleged that a forged look-out notice in the name of Geetika Sharma was also emailed to Emirates.
Gopal Kanda and Aruna Chaddha had earlier denied allegations.
After raiding the premises of Gopal Kanda, Dharmendra Kumar said, investigators had seized hard disks and relevant documents.
Asked whether police would go for brain mapping as Gopal Kanda was not opening up, Dharmendra Kumar said they have collected a lot of evidence against Gopal Kanda.