MyWatch says cops linked to Sanjeevan’s shooting
(WikiSabah) – A month after the attempted murder of MyWatch chief R. Sri Sanjeevan, the crime watchdog is now pointing the finger at police for the shooting.
It was revealed that before he was shot, Sanjeevan received a threatening call and that the telephone number allegedly belonged to a police station in Negri Sembilan.
The caller warned Sanjeevan that he was going to be shot because he had contacted Bukit Aman about rampant gambling activities in the state.
This was revealed by MyWatch adviser S. Gobikrishnan at the Suaram forum, “Worsening Crime: Perception or Reality”, at the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall in the capital city.
Gobikrishnan said Sanjeevan went to the Jelebu police station to complain about illegal gambling activities but they ignored him.
“He immediately contacted Bukit Aman and 15 minutes later he received the threatening phone call,” he said, adding that checks showed that the call was made from the Jelebu police station.
Gobi said Sanjeevan then lodged a report with Negri Sembilan police but the case was classified as NFA (No Further Action).
“The reason given was that they could not find the person who made the call,” said Gobikrishnan.
This information was given to Federal CID director Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah at a meeting in Bukit Aman last week which was also attended by Sanjeevan’s father P. Ramakrishnan.
“We made a request to him to reopen the case for further investigations,” said Gobikrishnan.
Last month, a few days after Sanjeevan was shot in Bahau, Gobikrishnan was called in for questioning by police.
He said instead of asking him questions linked to Sanjeevan’s shooting, police were more interested in a tweet which he had sent out.
The tweet read, “underworld did it, under instructions from the enforcers”, referring to Sanjeevan’s shooting on July 27.
Sanjeevan was shot on that day at a traffic light junction in Bahau by a pillion rider on a motorcycle.
He underwent surgery last week to remove a bullet from his rib cage.
It was reported yesterday that Sanjeevan seemed to have lost his memory after regaining full consciousness.
The Star quoted Sanjeevan’s father as saying his son had no memory of the murder attempt nor could he recognise anyone. He also did he know who he was.
Doctors said he was suffering from amnesia most probably because he had been in a coma for 10 days.
Speculation has been rife that police personnel were somehow involved in the shooting. There were also claims that it could have been because Sanjeevan had stepped on too many toes.
