Fresh raids at Kanda's residence, ex-minister yet to be traced

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Investigators have conducted searches and raids in around 50 places and questioned over 25 people but they were unable to trace Kanda, the owner of erstwhile MDLR Airline where 23-year-old Sharma was working.u00a0

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Kanda was served with a notice to join investigations last Wednesday but the former Minister had gone underground with police declaring him an "absconder" while his employee Aruna Chaddha was arrested.u00a0

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Kanda and Chaddha were named in the suicide note of Geetika, who took her life on August five, alleging that they had harassed her and ruined her life.u00a0

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Both Kanda and Chaddha denied the allegations.u00a0

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The former minister had moved a local court and then Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail. While local court denied it, the High Court has reserved the order.u00a0

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Police have told the High Court that they "already have enough evidence" against Kanda and required his custodial interrogation for a deeper probe.u00a0

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Kanda's lawyer has argued that prima facie, no case is made out against his client on the basis of the FIR and the suicide note.u00a0

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"The suicide note cannot be treated as the gospel truth and the same has to be proved by independent evidence," he had said.u00a0