Ganganagar SP poses with Union Minister Nihal Chand, but fails to deliver him court summons

It must be noted that the Ganganagar SP Hari Prasad Sharma, who had told a lower court in Jaipur that a summons could not be served on Meghwal at his Rai Singh Nagar residence because he had shifted to New Delhi and the new address was unknown to the police, participated in the Run for Unity campaign along with Meghwal on October 31 in Ganganagar and also posed for photo-ops.

Meghwal’s presence in his home constituency has made headlines and also called for special arrangements and security. On October 20, Meghwal adopted Mirzewala village as part of the Saansad Adarsh Gram project of the center. On November 7 and 8 he participated in several inaugurations and functions related to the upcoming local body polls. At one function he announced Rs. 2 crore for a drinking water project while at another he announced Rs. 22 lakh for development of Rai Singh Nagar.

While Sharma has maintained that it is the SHO’s job to deliver the summons, SHO Rai Singh Nagar Narayan Daan said that “hundreds of summons come every day and it is not possible to keep track of each one of them.”

Director General of Police Omendra Bhardwaj told the Indian Express, “It is possible that the summons might be buried in the bureaucratic process. That is only a possibility. It is true that the SHO receives the summons and has to deliver it.”

The controversy was put to an end after Meghwal’s representative appeared in court on Wednesday. The next hearing is slated for December 6.

Case status

Meghwal and six others out of the total 17 accused in the case appeared through their lawyers before a lower court on Wednesday citing suo moto cognizance of the court hearing through media reports. The Vaishali Nagar police station cited “work pressure” for not being able to look for the prime accused Om Prakash Godara, the alleged victim’s husband. Former MLA Yogeshwar Garg also could not be found at the given rented accommodation while his son Prakash Punj Garg, also named in the case, appeared through a lawyer. Since all the accused or their representatives could not appear for the hearing on Wednesday, the court was adjourned for next hearing on December 6.