Police opposes survey of Israeli diplomat's car

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Monday opposed a plea for allowing inspection by the insurer of the Israeli diplomat's car, subjected to the February 13 bombing, saying the same cannot be allowed as the case has international ramifications.

The police told Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vinod Yadav that the release of the vehicle or its survey for assessment of the damage caused to it to claim insurance cannot be allowed.

The police made the submissions, opposing the application by Alon Yehoshua, the husband of Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua, who had been injured in the February 13 attack.

Yehoshua had moved the court seeking the release of the damaged car and permission for assessment of damage caused to it to claim insurance amount. He had also sought a copy of FIR, saying it was a must for getting the vehicle inspected by an authorised Toyota workshop for preparing the repairing estimates.

The police, however, maintained that it cannot give the copy of the FIR considering the sensitivity of the matter.

Earlier, Journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi, arrested for his alleged role in the incident, had opposed the release of the damaged vehicle or permission for its survey saying it would amount to "tampering of a vital evidence."

Meanwhile, Kazmi's counsel on Monday also complained to the court about prosecution's "callous demeanour" in proceeding with the case.

Kazmi's counsel Mehmood Pracha requested the judge to take note of the "callous demeanour of the prosecution in the case even as the police says it has international ramifications. We are made to wait for hours to be heard since the prosecutor does not turn up in time. Please note the demeanour of the state."

Kazmi, who claims to have been writing for an Iranian publication, was picked up by the Special Cell of Delhi Police after the probe showed him to be in touch with a suspect who is believed to have stuck the magnetic bomb on Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua's car on February 13.

Yehoshua and an Indian driver of the Embassy vehicle were among the four people injured in the blast.