Prez brother refused to undergo lie detector test: CBI

The agency, however, gave a clean chit to G N Patil saying that there was no evidence of his involvement in the conspiracy to murder Vishram Patil, former president of Jalgaon district Congress.

He was murdered on September 21, 2005 and his wife — Rajni — had moved the High Court in 2007, saying that CBI has not probed the alleged role of G N Patil.

Giving reasons as to why G N Patil was not found involved in the murder, the CBI found as not admissible, claims made by Raju Sonawane, an accused chargesheeted by the agency, implicating Patil and two others to have allegedly conspired with Raju Mali, another accused, to eliminate Vishram Patil.

Eyewitness Rambhau Gobru Pawar had named G N Patil, Ulhas Patil and Ramesh Choudhary but the CBI claimed the same could not be corroborated and hence was dismissed.

Sonawane, a chargesheeted accused, had pointed out at a house where the conspiracy had taken place. The building was that of Dr Ulhas Patil’s hospital but the staff of there denied that he had ever visited the place.

“The evidence mentioned do not inspire confidence and credibility. Therefore, there is no evidence of involvement of G N Patil in the conspiracy. Similarly, there is no evidence of involvement Ulhas Patil, Ramesh Choudhury and anybody else in the conspiracy though there may be inter-se political difference or dispute,” the CBI said in its report.

The Bombay High Court last week deferred hearing in the murder case till December 3.

The CBI had filed a chargesheet on October six, 2008 against Raju Mali, Raju Sonawane, Leeladhar Narkhede and Dasmodar Lokhande and had stated that they had not found any evidence linking Patil with the case.

Vishram’s widow Rajni alleged involvement of G N Patil for conspiring with others to murder her husband on account of rivalry within Jalgaon district Congress.