New Delhi, Jun 10 (PTI): Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Wednesday approached a sessions court here challenging his arrest in the alleged fake degree case.
In an application filed before the sessions court, Tomar alleged that police had arrested him on Tuesday in violation of prescribed procedure under the law.
Additional Sessions Judge Sanjeev Jain refused to give an urgent hearing to Tomar's plea and said that the matter will be heard Thursday.
Delhi Police arrested Tomar, 49, after filing a case on the basis of a complaint lodged by the Bar Council of Delhi, which said Tomar had furnished forged documents, including educational degrees, to enrol as an advocate.
Tomar was remanded to four-day police custody till June 13 by a magisterial court.
Police had sought custody of Tomar for five days, on the ground that it would have to take him to verify ascertain his educational qualifications from the institutions at which Tomar claims to have studied.
Police had told the court that educational certificates that Tomar claimed to be true were fabricated and during their initial probe, the authorities who signed those certificates have denied their genuineness.
The investigating officer (IO) had told the court that on the basis of a complaint given by BCD, a preliminary enquiry was conducted and after taking reports from concerned universities, an FIR was lodged in the case.
Counsel appearing for Tomar had contended that police had arrested the minister without compliance of the provisions of the law and no notice under Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was served to him prior to his arrest.
A case was registered against Tomar on June 8 at Hauz Khas police station and he was booked for alleged offences of cheating, forgery, using forged documents as genuine, forgery with intent to cheat and criminal conspiracy.
Tomar was brought to Hauz Khas police station and later shifted to Vasant Vihar police station.
On Wednesday, Tomar was taken to Faizabad by Delhi Police for gathering more evidence.
