I have sting videos of Trivendra Singh Rawat his relatives and OSDs will fight till I get justice Umesh Kumar

  • | Saturday | 15th December, 2018

It is only because of this that I am being targeted and it has become a personal battle now. During search operations at Kumar’s residence, police had seized Rs 39 lakh in cash, $16,279, hard disks and pen drives. I pray that truth wins,” he said.He added that wrong charges have been framed against him. I have stood against corruption in the past and will continue to do so in the future. “I will provide all the evidence in the HC at the right time.

DEHRADUN: The controversy triggered by the arrest of Samachar Plus CEO Umesh Kumar from Ghaziabad on October 28 refuses to die down.On Friday, Kumar, while talking to TOI, claimed, “I have sting videos of chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat , his relatives and his officers on special duty (OSD) and I will produce all the evidence before the Uttarakhand high court (HC) at the right time. It is only because of this that I am being targeted and it has become a personal battle now. It is a fight for survival and I will go to any extent in this fight just like the CM has.”He added that "none of the BJP leaders — both at the Centre and the state — apart from the CM were against me." “Earlier, I had conducted stings against corruption in the Congress tenure and what is wrong if I am trying to expose any wrongdoings in the BJP government? I fail to understand why I am being harassed and targeted,” said the news channel owner who is at present out on bail.Kumar said that "the harassment won’t deter me from bringing out the truth." “I will provide all the evidence in the HC at the right time. I have stood against corruption in the past and will continue to do so in the future. I pray that truth wins,” he said.He added that wrong charges have been framed against him. “Be it the case in Dehradun or Ranchi, the charges levelled against me are completely baseless and it will be proved in due course of time,” Kumar alleged.Kumar, whose channel had conducted a sting operation on former chief minister Harish Rawat in 2016, was in October arrested for allegedly putting pressure on his employees to conduct sting operations to “trap” the Uttarakhand CM and senior bureaucrats in a sting with the intention to blackmail them.He was booked under sections 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or of grievous hurt), 388 (extortion) and criminal conspiracy. During search operations at Kumar’s residence, police had seized Rs 39 lakh in cash, $16,279, hard disks and pen drives.

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