The Hindu : R.K. Sharma's mother lashes out at son

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Wednesday, May 21, 2003

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R.K. Sharma's mother lashes out at son

Chandigarh May 20. The mother of Ravi Kant Sharma, jailed Haryana Police official and prime accused in the journalist Shivani Bhatnagar murder case, today accused him of making her sign some papers when she had gone to meet him in Tihar jail recently.

The 80-year-old widow, Kamla Sharma, accused Mr. Sharma and her daughter-in-law, Madhu Sharma, of trying to keep her away from the house she owned in Panchkula near here in Haryana. ``My son made me sign some papers when I met him in Tihar jail. His attitude towards me was not very good...later when he had come to Panchkula in connection with his daughter's marriage I told him to ask Madhu to vacate the house, but he did not give a positive reply,'' Ms. Kamla told reporters here.

She accused Ms. Sharma of ill-treating her. ``She has forcibly occupied my house which my husband, G.D. Sharma, had left in my name. Whenever I go there Madhu and her daughter Komal treat me badly. Several times I told Madhu to vacate my house, but she never listens and rebukes me,'' Ms. Kamla, who now lives with her daughter Sudha Joshi, said.Saying she had suffered two heart attacks in the recent past, Ms. Kamla said she did not want to take legal action against Madhu or Ravi Kant to get her house back.

``I don't have any strength left in me. However, if they don't vacate my house, I will be writing to the Chief Minister, Om Prakash Chautala, the Haryana Police DGP and to the Prime Minister in this regard,'' she said.

The house — Govind Niwas — had been constructed for her in 1978 by her husband who expired in 1999.

Denies allegations

Meanwhile, Ms. Madhu Sharma, today dismissed these allegations and said she had never ill-treated her or refused entry into the house in Panchkula.

She said, ``I have been staying in the house since the past four years after the death of my father-in-law and looking after her as per the promise taken by him (father-in-law) to look after her after his death''.

She said her mother-in-law had been regularly visiting the house twice every week. ``She had come even day before yesterday,'' Ms. Sharma said, adding ``it is mummy's place and she can come at anytime''.

Asked what prompted Ms. Kamla to lash out at her and Mr. Sharma, she said, ``one greedy relative is behind mummy's outburst'' and declined to identify the relative, saying everyone in the family knew about the relative.

PTI

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