Indian Express
Shimla: The Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Chandigarh, has reaffirmed the scientific veracity of its report on the voice samples of Union Minister for Steel Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh, on the basis of which the state’s Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau had registered an FIR against the two on charges of corruption.
The case was listed for hearing before Justice Kuldeep Singh of the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Friday. ...
... Appearing for the state government, senior lawyer and former BJP MP Satya Pal Jain opposed Virbhadra’s plea seeking quashing of the FIR and said the case was registered on the basis of an inquiry conducted by a senior IPS officer, A P Singh, statements of witnesses and identification of the voices of the accused. After becoming the Union minister, Virbhadra Singh had appointed Singh as his private secretary.
