Police don’t have guts to arrest the influential: Ragini Dwivedi's parents

BENGALURU: Parents of imprisoned actress and drug-peddling case accused Ragini Dwivedi on Tuesday alleged their daughter had been framed and Central Crime Branch (CCB) sleuths are probing her only to keep the case alive so that they get publicity.
The parents were addressing media after the high court rejected the bail pleas of Ragini and others.
Rohini Dwivedi, Ragini’s mother, said police don’t have the guts to touch influential people involved in the case.“Names of politicians’ children and film stars too have been doing the rounds. Don’t police have the guts to arrest them? They told us they are arresting my daughter in a two-year-old drug case. If so, what were they doing for past two years? Why was no action taken till now?”
Rohini added, “Still, we have full faith in judiciary and will fight till we get justice.”
Ragini’s father Col Rakesh Dwivedi termed the entire police investigation a drama. “They searched the entire house and did not get any material evidence. I was asked to sign on papers saying Ragini was arrested at 5.30pm. In fact, she was arrested at 9.30pm. It shows the pathetic way in which the probe is being conducted. Someone wants to keep the case alive for reasons best known to them,” he said.
He said society has forgotten the good work done by his daughter during the Covid-19 lockdown. “No one remembers it. Just because her name was on the phone contact list of a suspected drug peddler, my daughter too is being labelled one. What material evidence does police have against her? Nothing,” he said.
Asked if had he met Ragini in Central Prison, Col Dwivedi said: “Prison officials denied us permission to meet our daughter citing Covid-19. Ragini calls us regularly from jail. But that short conversation over the phone only frustrates me more. It increases my helplessness as a father. Many a times, Ragini has spent sleepless nights due to back pain. Prison officials are not treating her properly,” he claimed.
“We will approach the Supreme Court. I am sure my daughter will get justice there,” he said.
Ragini was arrested from her house in Judicial Layout near Yelahanka on September 4 and was sent to Central Prison on September 14.