Kareena Eugene
Varun Hiremath, a 28-year-old Mumbai based Journalist, had been evading arrest for almost 47 days accused of rape. On Sunday, 11th April 2021, he joined investigation and was questioned for around seven hours.
Hiremath’s phone was seized and sent to FSL for forensic examination. After an initial investigation, he revealed that he was hiding in an apartment in Goa since 23rd of February, 2021. New Delhi district DCP Dr. Eish Singhal stated, “He has joined investigation as per High Court orders.”
Hiremath appeared before the investigation team at around 11 am and was let off at 5 pm, at the Chanakyapuri Police Station.
An officer stated, “He was asked about his whereabouts and the exact sequence of events when the incident took place. He told the Police that he got scared after he came to know that an FIR of rape had been registered against him.”
Last week, the woman who had accused Hiremath of rape, had written to the Delhi Police of which a copy was sent to Home Minister, Amit Shah, questioning the failure on the part of the Police to arrest him.
She asked, why the Police and the Public Prosecutor had failed to demand his presence while filing an anticipatory bail application in Court.
The woman also demanded to know why the IO in her case, SHO (Chanakyapuri) and ACP (Chanakyapuri sub-division), had failed to take any action against him and claimed, “He had escaped being arrested by the Delhi Police on two separate occasions.”
She further alleged that a woman Police Officer had “mocked her” for writing letters to the Commissioner and used words like “naivety and nuisance” against her in March, when she and her lawyer asked the officer about Hiremath’s arrest.
