New Delhi/IBNS: Three weeks after writing to the Delhi Police commissioner claiming that his life is in danger, the Supreme Court lawyer who had alleged that Mahua Moitra had accepted bribes from a businessman to ask questions in Parliament, has now lodged a new complaint accusing the Trinamool Congress MP of trespassing and intimidating his staff.
Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai, whom Moitra has called a jilted ex, had written to the CBI and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey claiming that the Trinamool MP had taken bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in Parliament.
Based on these complaints, Moitra was questioned by the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee.
In his letter to the station house officer of the Hauz Khas police station on Tuesday, Dehadrai said that Moitra had gone to his house unannounced on Nov 5 and 6, days after she appeared before the ethics committee.
Given her history of filing fraudulent criminal complaints against me (24.03.2023 and 23.09.2023) and falsely alleging offenses such as trespass, and criminal intimidation, and thereafter withdrawing the same in writing (on 04.10.2023), it is a grave cause for concern to me. There is every possibility that Smt. Moitra might intentionally come to my residential premises with the sole objective of filing further fraudulent complaints against me, Mr Dehadrai wrote.
Dehadrai was reportedly in a relationship with the Trinamool MP and they have allegedly not been on the best terms since they parted ways.
One of the reasons for the friction between the two is their pet dog, a Rottweiler named Henry. Both have accused the other of stealing Henry and a battle for his custody is being fought in court. The dog is currently with Moitra.
I have previously informed the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, on 19.10.2023 and then on 21.10.2023 regarding these fraudulent and bogus complaints which Ms Moitra had foisted on me with the objective of using them as leverage to force/compel me to hand over the custody of my pet dog, and I have also flagged to the Commissioner the very serious threat to my life which I anticipate on account of the Complaints filed by me with CBI against Smt. Moitra and her associates / accomplices, the letter said.
Dehadrai said he feared that the Trinamool MP was using Henry as an excuse to go to his residence to intimidate him.
He pointed out that she had filed various complaints against him, including a defamation case pending in the Delhi High Court, and said it was suspicious and inappropriate for her to show up at his house without any invitation or cause.
I wish to make it absolutely clear that I have not invited Smt. Moitra to my residence, and that she has come uninvited and with a very apparent intention to commit trespass and to intimidate me. I have every reason to believe that Ms Moitra and her close associate… are conspiring to cause physical harm to me as revenge for filing criminal complaints alleging corruption against them. I am requesting you once again to provide adequate security to me, he added.
The lawyer requested the police to probe the matter, register a First Information Report against Moitra, and take necessary action against her for the alleged trespass and intimidation.
The complaint pertains to trespass, criminal intimidation, and breach of peace under Sections 451, 453, 504, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.
