PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun
Congress leader Harak Singh Rawat has said in order to defame his image and to divert the attention of people from the Ankita Bhandari murder case, paper leaks and allegations of donation thefts in Ayodhya and Badrinath Dham, the ruling BJP has brought to fore 23 year old Jenny case. Interacting at the Congress Bhawan shortly after Jenny accused Harak Singh of raping her when she was a minor and demanded a fresh Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the old case,
Rawat said that he will file defamation suit in the court against Jenny and those using her to tarnish his image. After a yearlong investigation, the CBI had filed a closure report in the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court and he was given a clean chit in the case. Rawat said that now 23 years after the case was closed after CBI investigation, the issue has resurfaced as part of a conspiracy. He said that raising the issue amounts to pointing fingers at the then BJP government led by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee because under the Prime Minister Office (PMO), the CBI functions. He added that raising the case again amounts to contempt of the court as well.
Rawat claimed that the CBI report clearly mentions a report of Doon Hospital according to which Jenny got pregnant in September 2003. He added that she first met her on December 18, 2003. Contrary to Jenny that she resided in the residence of Rawat who was a minister then, Rawat claimed that she was in his house for only two days. He added that he is ready to undergo a DNA test again if the court gives such a direction.
