Cops deny coercing Gulshan case approver

However, at a press conference, Sharma said Shaikh8217;s statement had been recorded after he took an oath on the holy Quran. Other senior police officers also maintained that though accused are sometimes beaten up to make them talk, Shaikh was not even slapped once, he said.

The police say the retraction is a deliberate, well-planned ploy by Nadeem, as his case is scheduled to come up for hearing on April20 in London. When asked whether it would weaken the prosecution8217;s case, chief prosecutor in the Kumar case, Ujjwal Nikam, said, 8220;It will not affect the extradition case in London or in Mumbai. We have other witnesses and documentary evidences, including telephonic records of Nadeem8217;s conversations with Abu Salem in Dubai.8221;