Freeke doubts probe, says evidence on tape

In a letter to Gill on April 22, a copy of which is with The Indian Express, Freeke said: ‘‘We have no faith in the impartiality and independence of the judicial committee that was set up by the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh. To quote your own words in regard to this committee during our last telephone conversation on 6 April 2004: ‘You have nothing to worry about, they are all our men’!’’ Freeke has claimed to have made the recording in the presence of an Indian witness.

Gill said he had collected the affidavits from Freeke in Amsterdam and the latter had no right to ask these to be returned. ‘‘We had asked Freeke some questions, and he responded by answering to them in the same chronological fashion and then attached the affidavits…These were notorised and duly embossed by the Indian Embassy…Affidavits are not qualified or privileged,’’ Gill said.

Freeke had threatened to take Gill to court if the affidavits were not returned, saying they were not as a result of notice but were given during Gill’s Holland visit. ‘‘Had I known that you would further damage my good name, you would have never received any help or statement from me,’’ he wrote in another letter.