Jaipur: The “Missing Minister” Nihal Chand Meghwal did not appear in the court today and sent its lawyer. Notify that Rajasthan police had claimed that they could not find him after which critics had described him as “missing minister”.
The 43-year-old minister was asked to appear along with 16 others in a case of rape and blackmail filed by a woman in June. Lawyer said that even six months on he has not received any summons.
AK Jain said, “It is not necessary for the minister to appear. We are going to initiate action against the person who made the false complaint.”
He said the woman in her complaint had not named Meghwal as an accused, he added.
In 2012, the Rajasthan police investigated the woman’s complaint and closed the case. She then moved court, which summoned the minister and others named by her.
The police in Meghwal’s home constituency Ganganagar had told the court in August that they “could not find the minister” at his address as he had moved to Delhi.
Meanwhile Meghwal has made multiple appearances in Ganganagar and has even been photographed with the district’s top police officer Hari Prasad Sharma – who had been ordered to ensure that the minister received the court summons.
Sharma joined the minister for a “Run for Unity” on October 30 to mark birth anniversary of Sardar Patel.
Meghwal adopted a village at a very public event days before that apparently also overlooked by the police.
Bureau Report
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