Sanjeevan arrested again, just after visiting his lawyer

MyWatch chairman's lawyer Gobind Singh Deo says cops arresting of Sanjeevan unnecessary as he is willing to cooperate fully.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Crime Watch (MyWatch) Chairman R Sri Sanjeevan has been arrested yet again.

Sanjeevan’s lawyer Gobind Singh Deo told FMT that police arrested his client at 6.15 pm outside the Puchong MP’s office in Medan Damansara.

“He left my office about 6.10 pm. As his car was leaving, a police car blocked his path before another police car came from the back and they arrested Sanjeevan.”

Gobind said the arresting officers informed him that Sanjeevan was being investigated under Section 420 of the Penal Code for cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property and would be held at the Cheras police headquarters.

He added that other details were not available.

Those found guilty under Section 420 of the Penal Code can be punished with a jail term of one to 10 years, whipping and a fine.

Gobind, however, decried the way Sanjeevan was arrested, describing it as unnecessary.

“There is no need to arrest him like this.

“If police want him produced at the police station or court, they can just inform him or us as his lawyers,” he said, adding Sanjeevan and his office would willingly cooperate.

Sanjeevan has been in and out of court on multiple charges of extortion, having first been detained on June 22 on suspicion of criminal intimidation and extortion.

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Abu Bakar said since Sanjeevan’s first arrest, more reports had been lodged against the “crime buster” by those claiming to have been extorted by him.

Last week, Sanjeevan himself lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) against Khalid, whose brother, Sanjeevan claims, owns a shooting academy.

In a Facebook posting, Sanjeevan confirmed he was taken to the Cheras police station and he expected to be charged at the Jalan Duta courts tomorrow morning.