Wife of Jaitley phone tap accused 'illegally' detained, 'humiliated'

The wife of one of the arrested accused in BJP leader Arun Jaitley phone-tapping case on Thursday told a Delhi court that she was “humiliated and abused” by the police while she was being “illegally detained” by them in the absence of any woman officer.

A day after the issue of alleged illegal detention of Monica, wife of accused Neeraj Nayyar — who is a private detective and has been arrested in phone-tapping case — was raised his counsel before chief metropolitan magistrate (CMM) Sanjay Bansal, the woman appeared in the court along with her four-month-old child to narrate her ordeal.

During the hearing, Monica said officials of special cell of Delhi Police had called her to their office on Tuesday and she was “illegally” kept in the lock up for the whole night.
The court, however, after hearing her brief submissions, asked her to move an appropriate complaint before it regarding her allegations against police.

“In my view, it would be appropriate that she (woman) should file an appropriate complaint if she wants to prosecute any official. It should not be limited to detention only,” the CMM said.

The woman had come to the court to record her statement in the matter but the court insisted on her filing a detailed complaint in the matter.

It also granted three days’ time to the concerned deputy commissioner of police of the special cell to file the response on the alleged “illegal detention” of Neeraj’s wife.

The court, which had two days before asked the DCP to file its response by Thursday, posted the matter for March 18 after the investigating officer of the case submitted that the DCP has sought three days time to submit the report.