Bhushan CD is doctored, says Chandigarh forensic lab
Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL, Chandigarh has, in an RTI reply, said that the recording in CD is "not original" and "post production edited version". The CD was received by a leading daily at its office on April 13 by some unknown sender.
After the CD came into circulation, Shanti Bhushan had filed a complaint with Delhi Police on April 14, alleging that it was fabricated and denied having any conversation with Mulayam and Singh.
Delhi
Police
got
the
CD
examined
at
CFSL,
Delhi
and
CFSL,
Chandigarh
besides
CERT-In,
a
department
under
the
ministry
of
communications
and
information
technology
which
gave
divergent
opinions
after
analyzing
the
CD.
The
CFSL,
Delhi
report
was
received
by
Delhi
Police
on
April
20
in
which
it
said
"the
recorded
conversation
in
the
CD
could
not
have
been
tampered
with".
On
April
21,
the
case
was
transferred
to
the
special
cell
and
the
CD,
received
in
a
sealed
cover
from
CFSL,
New
Delhi,
was
sent
to
CFSL,
Chandigarh
for
second
opinion.
With
two
different
versions
on
the
analysis
of
the
CD,
the
matter
was
sent
to
CERT-In,
which
in
its
report
on
May
28,
said
the
"audio
file
containing
the
conversation
was
continuous
with
no
sign
of
abrupt
changes
or
editing
marks."
After getting these reports and questioning of people involved the case, Delhi Police sought permission of the court to close the case filed on the complaint by Bhushan saying there was no substantive evidence to prove the offence of forgery as alleged by him.
The CFSL, Chandigarh report now made public under the RTI Act shows that the CD sent to the Laboratory by the Delhi Police carried only one audio file of one minute and 55 seconds which was created on April 15, 2011 while the CD was created on April 17.
PTI