Gurbir-Renni Case file re-opens

To,
The President,
Press Club
MUMBAI.

&

The Chairman Press Club,
MUMBAI.

Sub: 1. Enquiry Proceedings regarding scuffle on August 3, 2006 at the Press Club premises.
2. Regarding Draft Minutes of AGM of July 27, 2007

Sir,

This is with reference to E-mail dated October 25, 2007 - “Draft Minutes of AGM of July 27, '07” - sent by Press Club, Mumbai.

I would like to draw your kind attention to the paragraph mentioned in the draft minutes:

“C P Jha raised the issue of enquiry, which was set up to look into the August 3, 2006 incident involving cross-allegations of violence by Gurbir Singh and Rennie Abraham. Treasure Rajesh said that the Enquiry committee had failed to complete its work despite several letters and offer of cooperation for providing extraordinary demands like stenographer, tape recorder, etc.. One of the enquiry committee members, Jatin Desai, who was present in the AGM, blamed the convenor Suresh Nandi for deliberately delaying the enquiry and displayed the correspondence with the other two members on the issue. C P Jha suggested Suresh Nandi be dropped from the enquiry committee and proposed the other two members complete the enquiry. After discussion in the house, it was decided that the convenor would be given time till July 31, 2007 to complete the enquiry process, failing which he should be dropped from the Committee, and the other two members should complete the process within two months thereafter.”

I would like to make following points in this context:

1. Mr CP Jha’s proposal of dropping Mr Suresh Nandi from the enquiry committee was only a suggestion. And, the open house has neither discussed the subject in detail nor it has formally taken any decision to drop Nandi from the committee.
2. The line “the other two members should complete the process within two months thereafter” is incorrect. The open house has not taken any such decision in this regard. So, I request you to ensure necessary correction in this regard in the draft minutes.

Having stated the above, without prejudice to the same, I request you to make sure that the due course of law should be followed in this case as I am also one of the main witness in this incident. And, Mr Nandi, through an E-mail dated October 26, 2006 called me to appear before the committee. Please, also ensure that I am contacted well in advance by the Committee and thedate and time acceptable to me is fixed for recording my statement which is crucial to establish the truth.

Satyameva Jayate,

Yours faithfully,

Sai Prasan
Membership no. 401
Press Club,
Mumbai.

CC to: 1. Mr Suresh Nandi
2. All the office-bearers, Press Club.
3. All the committee members, Press Club.

Encl: Letter of Mr Suresh Nandi, dated October 26, 2006.


Place: Mumbai
Date: November 28, 2007