Upadhyay stated the names of Adityanath, now Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Bhagwat, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, and Indresh Kumar have been repeatedly talked about by police throughout interrogations.
“From the primary day, I knew I used to be harmless. I even volunteered for NARCO and polygraph assessments thrice, however the ATS by no means submitted the stories to court docket,” he instructed PTI.
Upadhyay, a local of Ram Nagar village in Ballia district, was arrested on October 28, 2008, 4 days after he was detained.
He stated he confronted extreme bodily and psychological torture from the second he was taken into custody.
“I used to be saved in solitary confinement for years. Officers pressured me to call political and non secular leaders in trade for leniency and early launch,” he alleged. Upadhyay claimed he by no means visited Malegaon and had no connection to the incident. “The investigation was politically pushed, influenced by the then UPA authorities. Officers labored beneath stress from leaders like Sonia Gandhi, Digvijaya Singh, and Sushil Kumar Shinde,” he alleged.
Although supplied to turn out to be a authorities witness, Upadhyay stated, he refused to offer a false assertion.
“I confronted 25 costs. All have been confirmed false in court docket. Justice has lastly been served after 17 years,” he stated.
Upadhyay, who as soon as contested meeting and Lok Sabha elections, stated he has no political ambitions now and had contested solely symbolically to show his innocence.
