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By Our Special Correspondent
MUMBAI, DEC. 7. The Additional Sessions Judge, Abhay Thipsay, today asked the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Protection), M.M. Rathod, to inquire into the registration and ownership of the Toyota Qualis which was bringing Zahira Sheikh's sister, Saira, to court every day and why its driver had fled. On Saturday last, Mr. Thipsay had taken exception to the protection provided to Saira by the Gujarat police, after he found there were no women police constables. The three constables accompanying Saira did not have duty passes either. He had asked Mr. Rathod to inquire into this matter, and Mr. Rathod submitted a report yesterday. The court had also summoned the Superintendent of Police, Gandhinagar, R.B. Brahmabhatt, to appear before it as he had made the security arrangements. Mr. Thipsay asked Mr. Rathod to find out in whose name the Qualis was registered, to whom it belonged to and why the driver had run away before completing his assignment. The witness was booked into the Ishwar guesthouse at Dadar by one Ramesh Narayan of Sardar Nagar in Sion Koliwada, Mumbai. Nine persons had accompanied Saira to Mumbai on November 30, but only six were accounted for at the guest house — Saira, her husband, the three constables and the driver.
Cross-examination
The Special Public Prosecutor, Manjula Rao, continued her cross-examination of Saira for the fifth day today. Saira denied she had ever made a statement to the Joint Commissioner of Police in Baroda last year. She also denied some portions of her police statement recorded on March 4, 2002, which was read out to her. She admitted that a mob of 1,000-1,200 people had come to the Bakery but said she did not know if it comprised only Hindus. She had not seen the mob but her brother told her about it. She said the mob did surround the building. She did not know the persons living in her locality of Hanuman Tekri, where she had moved six months before the riots. She did not know anyone by name or by face. She also denied having ever given the names of the people to the police as recorded in her statement of March 4, 2002. She said she could not identify anyone among the rioters. When these portions of her statement were read out to her, where she had given the names of several accused, she said it was not correctly recorded. Her cross-examination will continue tomorrow.
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