Ashok Singh seeks police protection for his son

The father-in-law of Union minister V K Singh's daughter has sought police protection for his son, fighting divorce proceedings, from Delhi Police which has forwarded the request to their Gurgaon counterpart as they were residing in the neighbouring city, a senior official said today.

Last week, Lt Gen (retd) Ashok Singh had submitted a letter at Delhi Cantt police station in south west Delhi, claiming that his son Anirudh Singh, who is a serving army officer and engaged in divorce proceedings with the Union minister's daughter, had threat to his life.

"We had received a complaint letter from Lt Gen Ashok Singh. Since they no longer live in the (Delhi Cantt) area but are residents of Gurgaon, we have forwarded the letter to Gurgaon Police. It's a case of a family dispute," said DCP (Southwest) Surendra Kumar.
 

Meanwhile, Gurgaon Police said it was yet to receive the complaint letter from Delhi Police.

In his letter, Ashok Singh has alleged Anirudh's life was in danger and that he be given police security.

V K Singh's daughter had filed a case in Delhi Cantonment police station in May against Ashok Singh, his wife and Anirudh alleging dowry harassment.

The development comes following a complaint against one Pradeep Chauhan by VK Singh's wife Bharti Singh who alleged that he was trying to extort Rs two crore by blackmailing her with "doctored" audio-video clips to defame her husband.

Bharti had filed the complaint at the Tughlaq Road police station here on August 12 while Chauhan had filed a complaint in Sadar Police station in Gurgaon the same day levelling allegations against the complainant's family.

Ashok Singh, in his complaint, had also referred to the allegations of Chauhan that his son's life was under threat.

In the latest twist, Chauhan uploaded a video on "YouTube" apologising to Bharti for what he did and claimed that he did not have any audio or video recordings against her and her family.

Reacting to the issue, V K Singh's lawyer Vishwajeet Singh said that they did not have any knowledge about the complaint by Ashok Singh.