MP police did not collect CCTV from spot where alleged drug deal happened

The Madhya Pradesh police failed to collect crucial evidence that would have helped them establish whether the Goregaon couple ran the alleged drug distribution network On Thursday the Gwalior inspector general received a letter from Shivangi Mehta seeking examination of CCTV footage of locations of alleged handover of drugs to the peddler they arrested in June However the chances of recovery of the footage nearly two months later are minimalShivangi and her husband Ashesh digital currency enthusiasts and businesspersons were accused of running a drug distribution network out of a posh highrise in Goregaon after the Madhya Pradesh MP police arrested a Mira Road residentThe Khaniyadhana police of Shivpuri district MP had said that Nisar Khan 39 was arrested with 142 gram of mephedrone MD worth R17 lakh on June 6 He claimed to be a drug courier for the MehtasAshesh Mehta with his sister Niki Shah right Oberoi Esquire in Goregaon East the residence of the accused coupleThe MP cops had visited Mumbai last month but they did not collect any CCTV footage of the places where the alleged drops were made to Khan said Khaniyadhana police sourcesThe Mehtas have been in hiding since the MP police arrived in the city last month to question them in the case On Thursday their advocate Hemant Ingle delivered a letter by Shivangi to the inspector general IG of police Gwalior range MP demanding a fair investigationThe letterIn the letter Shivangi claimed that her husband has been in the sharetrading business for the past 13 years and has customers not only in India but abroad as well She stated that they donrsquot know the person Nisar who has named them in the caseA media report has claimed that her husband used to drive to a car washing centre to deliver drug parcels she wrote adding ldquoThe truth is that neither of us know how to drive a carrdquoldquoWe are seeing a deep conspiracy but we do not have the information about who is behind it We are just simple peopleWe did not deal with the police because we were scared when our name appeared in the media and that was the reason we filed a bail application in the Shivpuri court to avoid arrestrdquo she stated in her letter to the IGldquoI request the police to investigate the matter in a fair manner if we are guilty then we should be given the harshest punishmentrdquo she addedSince the matter came to light last month a family member of the couple has for the first time appeared before the media Asheshrsquos sister Niki Shah told midday ldquoI know my brother he is a kind and softhearted personNever in his life so far he has had a verbal fight or abused anyone He focuses only on his business A big conspiracy has been hatched against my brother There is a demand from the government and the police to investigate it thoroughly and take action against whoever is guiltyrdquoNo evidence yet CopsldquoNo evidence of the involvement of the Mehtas has been found so far To find any kind of link between Khan and the couple we have obtained the call data record of their mobile numbersHowever no proof of conversation between them has come to the fore not even in the mobile phone seized from Khan at the time of his arrestrdquo said an officer from Khaniyadhana policeldquoBut it is also quite possible that Khan and the couple spoke through WhatsApp and other internet mediums whose record is not easy to extract Therefore we are taking the help of a cyber expertrdquo the officer addedldquoWe have interrogated the arrested accused Khan again with the permission of the court but he mentioned only the Mehtasrsquo namesKhan has also told us that he has transported drug parcels to different places not once but multiple times There is no fresh update in the case as the investigation is underway We are preparing to visit Mumbai for further investigationrdquo said SubDivisional Police Officer SDPO Ajay Bhargav the investigating officer in the caseAdvocateSpeakldquoThe Mehtas are innocent and itrsquos likely a frameup I am thankful to the IG for accepting the representation and assuring us a thorough investigationrdquo said IngleJune 10Day the MP cops filed the FIRJune 6Day the MP police arrested alleged drug courier