Jakhar comes out with Doda’s phone details, seeks probe

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 7

Providing the details of seven phone numbers allegedly used by liquor baron and murder accused Shiv Lal Doda and his nephew Amit Doda in Fazilka jail, PPCC vice-president Sunil Jakhar today lodged a complaint with the Punjab CEO, seeking an inquiry into the matter.

Jakhar alleged that despite the election code being in force, the officials were working at the behest of their political masters as they had not booked the duo, besides failing to recover mobile phones from them during the raid.

“The police recovered 25 cellphones, but failed to confiscate these seven numbers which were in use in the restricted area for the past one year. One of these numbers is with an unauthorised cook who makes food for Doda in a special kitchen inside the jail,” he alleged.

He said: “The call details of these numbers should be drawn which will point to the fact that the accused were in constant touch with Satinderjit Singh Manta, OSD to Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal and a DGP (not Suresh Arora). If I can manage to get these details, so can the police and the EC.”

Jakhar also expressed shock over the fact that open access was provided to the criminals in prison even after the recent Nabha jailbreak.

Plea to fight poll

Fazilka: Shiv Lal Doda (pic) has filed an application in court, seeking permission to file nomination papers for the Assembly poll. The application before the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Lachhman Singh came up for hearing on Saturday. As the lawyers stayed away from court on Saturday on their plea of having five working days in a week, the application 

will be heard on January 9. In the application, Doda has demanded adequate security and permission for filing nomination papers on January 13. — Praful Chander Nagpal