Another hostile witness in Prof case

It's a murder that took place in front of hundreds of people. Yet no one really "saw" Professor Sabharwal being killed.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Chauhan called Prof Sabharwal's murder an accident, ostensibly to shield the leaders of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. He also claimed that no FIR was lodged in the case.

The second most important witness in the Professor Sabharwal murder case has turned hostile
in Court.

Manohar Singh Dodia, physical education instructor at Madhav College, was witness to the assault on Sabharwal by ABVP leaders. But in court Dodia turned hostile.

CNN-IBN Special Investigation Team set out to find the contradictions in his court statement.
In court Dodia said he was not aware of ABVP leaders entering the college to meet Principal Verma, but this is how he gave his account of the incident on the hidden camera:

“ABVP wale aaye uss gate se unhe laya gaya 2 number se. 2 number se leke aaye usko. Tehsildar aur jo bhi kayi prashasnik adhikari the. Yeah bechare policewale ki toh koi aukat hi nahi. yeh toh kuch kar bhi nahi sakte the. (ABVP activists were brought in through gate number 2 by the Tehsildar and other government officials, the local police did not do anything about it),” Dodia narrates.

So, not only did Dodia see the ABVP mob enter, he also underlined how the local police were
powerless to stop them.

In court Dodia also denied that Sabharwal left the college from gate number 2 with the help of Komal Singh, a college peon. But on hidden camera, Dodia actually stood at gate number 2 and told us how Sabharwal exited from that very gate.

Dodia says, “APVP wale aaye, taala khulaye, sir ne dekha ki taala khula hua hai, Komal ko bole meri gaadi nikaaal de (ABVP activists came and got the gate opened. Sir saw the gate was open and asked Komal to take out his vehicle.)”

Dodia then recalls how moments later, Sabharwal was assaulted just outside the gate.
“Utni der mein Komal Singh ne sir ko bahar nikal diya aur taala laga diya. Fir Komal singh ko laga ki jaise sir ko gher liya hai to Komal singh bhaga aaya. (Komal Singh let Sabharwal out and locked the gate. Komal then saw sir being surrounded and came running.),” Dodia recalls.
But the biggest inconsistency in Dodia's court statement is his denial that either he or Komal Simgh had tried to protect the Professor as he was assaulted. Here's what he told this investigation:

“Komal aur hum do hi bachaya tha to maine jaise hi dekha ki pade hue hain hai to main yun gaya aur yun upar se jhuk gaya ki ab koi maare nahi unko. (Komal and I only saved him. When I saw him lying there I leaned over him to protect him from further assault.)” says Dodia.

ABVP activists were escorted out by the Police from the gate number 2 of Madhav College.
Around the same time Professor Sabharwal, too, moved out of this gate and came face to face with ABVP activists who beat him to death in front of many eye witnesses none of whom now want to come forward and testify in the Court.