But the Kotwali Station House Officer Janardan Dubey said Sanjay Singh used to visit the minister often. Dubey also confirmed that the minister’s PRO Anil Singh visited Sanjay at the police station after his arrest on Thursday.
“The call details of the engineer’s phone helped trace the whereabouts of the accused,” said Dubey. Despite repeated attempts, minister Vinod Singh and the engineer, Kumar, could not be contacted.
Deoria engineer seeks help
An executive engineer with the Flood Division of Irrigation Department in Deoria district, Jawahar Lal, too, fears for his life.
Lal had issued a tender on June 6 which had triggered threats from a group of contractors.
Farooqui said: “The engineer has faxed a letter to me saying that he needed a transfer or he would be eliminated.” Lal has also sent a letter to the Principal Secretary (Home) Kunwar Fateh Bahadur, seeking help as well, Farooqui said.
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