“There were several loopholes in the police theory. They claimed that Subhash Sadh was carrying secret files but he was travelling second class. They did not record statements of co-passengers.

The accident story was based on the statement of a vendor who, from another platform, saw Subhash fall from the train.”

Jain said that Sadh was carrying contact numbers of several officials and lawyers he was supposed to meet but the police made no attempt to contact any of them. He said he got to know of the “accident” only through an anonymous phone call. The caller, who remains untraced, also told him that Sadh had been taken to RML Hospital.

Son Sunil Sadh knows nothing about the investigation.

When Principal Secretary (Home) Fateh Bahadur was asked about the investigation into Sadh’s death, he said: “The matter is before the court. Whatever we have to say, we will tell the court.”

V K Mittal, who was then Principal Secretary (Home) and is now Vice-Chancellor of Bundelkhand University, said: “When the incident took place, I was in Delhi and also visited the hospital. I was told that if he was carrying original files, the photocopies would be in our possession, and that if he was carrying photocopies, then the originals would be with us.”