NEW DELHI: Delhi Police Wednesday sealed the storeroom at Justice Yashwant Varma’s residence and conducted a videography of the premises, 12 days after a fire broke out there during which it’s alleged that a cash pile was gutted. Police also obtained footage from CCTV cameras as part of the probe into claims of foul play levelled by the judge. Police and fire dept are conducting separate inquiries to ascertain the cause of the blaze.
Initial analysis of the footage did not yield anything that may point towards unauthorised entry, sources said. They said several cameras are not pointed towards the gate, and hence did not record entry and exit, the source added.
Cops took a camera team with them
Sources also mentioned that two additional CP rank officers from the special branch and special cell have prepared a report running to roughly 40 pages of call details and internet protocol details of Justice Varma’s cellphone to be given to the Supreme Court enquiry commission.
On Wednesday afternoon, a police team reached the judge’s official residence at Tughlak Crescent Road. DCP Devesh Mahla, ACP Virender Jain and a camera team were at the premises for around two hours. The storeroom was videographed before being sealed.
The fire broke out in the storeroom around 11.15pm on March 14. Fire department’s incident report says cops and firefighters remained at the spot for around two hours though it was a minor fire.
