JAIPUR: The state police has gone against its standard way of investigation in rape cases allegedly to delay the arrest of former state minister Babu Lal Nagar . While in other rape cases, police is usually quick in its investigation and arrest the accused within hours of registering a complaint if the allegations are found primarily true, Nagar has not been arrested even 12 days after an FIR was registered against him.

All the formalities related to investigation including recording victim's statement before a magistrate and carrying out a medical test on the accused have been completed. The woman says that even when she caught Nagar's aides offering her money to withdraw the case at her residence, the police has not taken action against Nagar or his aides.

The video clip showing his alleged aide offering money was given to media persons by the woman on Sunday.

The woman's son shot the video using a mobile phone when a man, Shyam Singh, came to her residence after she registered a complaint of rape. The man offered her Rs 2 crore and then went on to increase the amount to Rs 7 crore while asking her to withdraw the case. The woman had on Tuesday handed over a mobile memory data card containing this video to the CID-CB which is investigating the case.

Nagar was quick to distance himself from the man who appeared in the video. Nagar said that he didn't know him. In the video, Shyam Singh says that he was offering the money on behalf of Babu Lal Nagar's brother Hazari Lal.

"It is yet another conspiracy against me," said Nagar. Shyam Singh said on Sunday that he was made to act in the video by the woman so that the money could be extorted from the minister.

The woman said that the police now had no reason to delay the arrest. She said that usually police make arrest in rape cases just on the basis of the rape victim's statement. She has recorded her statement before a magistrate under section 164 of CrPC, but the police has not initiated any action against the former minister.

"All the formalities have been completed. The call details, bite marks on my body, my clothes and other evidence prove prima facie the charges against the minister true. Then why is the police so lenient in this case?" asked the woman.

Sources said that as the state government has made a recommendation for CBI investigation, the local police is buying time before the agency takes up the case. The victim alleged that the case has been handed over to the CBI just to delay the arrest as it takes the agency at least a fortnight's time to initiate probe after such a recommendation is received by the department of personnel and Training in Delhi. Sources said Nagar's arrest by CID-CB is unlikely.

Goof-up in handing over Nagar's blood samples to FSL

The forensic science laboratory on Saturday returned the blood samples taken from Babu Lal Nagar when the CID-CB forwarded them to it without proper authorisation. A letter from a competent police officer is needed with complete information related to the samples. However, when a CID-CB approached the forensic officials on Saturday, it had no such letter.

"We asked them to come back with the letter containing information like whose and what samples they were submitting and why," said an officer.

The CID-CB team then came back late on Saturday evening and submitted the samples with proper authorization letter.