Geetika suicide case: 'Some politicians are trying to malign my image', says Kanda

New Delhi - Former Haryana Minister and key accused in Geetika Sharma suicide case, Gopal Kanda, on Saturday alleged that some politicians are trying to tarnish his image and are misguiding the media.

"Some politicians are trying to malign my image and are misguiding the media and the truth will be unravelled," he said.

Kanda, who taken to the Babu Jagjivan Ram Hospital for a medical checkup today,
further said the truth into the case would come to the fore soon.

"There is nothing like that, it is not true," he added, while denying all the allegations levelled against him so far.

Geetika's family alleges that Kanda was harassing Geetika, who had worked in several of his companies. He has been charged with abetment to suicide, criminal intimidation, criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence.

The charge of abetting suicide under section 306 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Searches at his office in Gurgaon have helped the police locate hard drives that allegedly have copies of emails between Kanda and Geetika.

Kanda was sent to seven-day police custody on August 18 following his surrender and subsequent arrest and as a part of the probe, he was taken to various places, including his offices in Haryana from where the Delhi Police claimed to have recovered certain documents including various electronic devices.

The former Haryana Minister had gone underground which prompted Delhi Police to declare him as an absconder, while MDLR Airlines executive and Kanda's associate Aruna Chaddha was arrested.

Chaddha was arrested on August 8 when she was called by the police for questioning and was later sent to judicial custody on August 16 for 14 days.

Geetika Sharma (23), a former airhostess with Kanda's MDLR Airline, had alleged in her suicide note that she was ending her life due to harassment by Kanda and Chaddha.

Both Kanda and Chaddha have, however, denied the allegationss.