Plea to arrest policeman in Lal Akhada case

VADODARA: Anti-terrorist squad police inspector Murali Mudaliar is in the eye of a controversy yet again.
The defence panel of former deputy mayor Nisar Bapu has sought his arrest for failing to respond to summons in the Lal Akhada murder case. In an application it has sought issue of an arrest warrant against Mudaliar who is already serving a suspension in another case.The application was filed as Mudaliar did not respond to three summons.
The defence panel stated that the arrest warrant has to be sent through the Inspector General of Police, ATS. As he was serving a suspension, Murali had informed the IGP that he would go to Bangalore, his native place. He left the phone and fax number. The summons had been faxed on these numbers but he did not respond. Mudaliar was inspector at the City police station when the Lal Akhada murder occurred last year. He was posted at Surat when some material evidence was stolen from his police station, leading to an inquiry and his susp e n -s i o n.
During the suspension he was t r a n s -f e r red to the ATS. Former deputy mayor Nisar Bapu along with his son Abid, sonin law Akram Ahmedmiyan Sheikh, Maruf Saiyed,Mohammed Ishaq, and Arif Sheikh alias Bekabar have been accused in the Lal Akhada murder case in which one Pankaj Chauhan was stabbed to death at Resham wali Gali near Champaner on March 22, 2002. Nisar Bapu was given temporary bail recently on medical grounds.