After SOG leaves, Pilot’s men ‘make multiple hotel bookings’ in Manesar and Nuh

Sumedha Sharma
Tribune News Service
Gurugram, July 18

A day after the Rajasthan Police’s Special Operations Group (SOG) looking for Sachin Pilot’s supporters left empty handed after a face-off with the Haryana Police, the supporters have reportedly made multiple booking in luxurious resorts across Manesar and Nuh.

Not in one bunch

Caught in the line of fire due to leaked audios and videos, they have decided to now politically quarantine themselves in a staggered way

Caught in the line of fire due to leaked audios and videos from the resort, they have decided to now politically quarantine themselves in a staggered way.

Various resorts near ITC Grand Bharat reportedly received bookings of 3-4 rooms each after the SOG left yesterday though none is in name of the MLAs.

The staff, however, has been asked to ensure that no video or audio recording is done. The team of the Rajasthan Police that went to ITC Grand Bharat yesterday did not find any MLA even after 40 minutes of search.

Despite reports of the MLAs camping just 5 km away in Best Western Country Inn and heavy deployment of Haryana Police there, the SOG left for Rajasthan without going there.

The Congress alleged that the police in BJP-led Haryana had helped the rebel MLAs move out of the Manesar hotel through “a secret door” when the team of the Rajasthan Police came looking for them on Friday.

Addressing a press conference, Govind Singh Dotasra, who replaced Sachin Pilot after he was removed as Rajasthan Congress chief, said, “The Haryana Police staged the standoff for one-and-a-half hours to aid the exit. They were moved out through secret exits while our policemen were held up. Sachin Pilot and Congress MLAs do not trust the police of their own state.”

High drama had prevailed outside ITC Grand Bharat yesterday when the SOG team reached there to record a voice sample of suspended MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma, who according to the Congress is heard on tape discussing bribes from the BJP for horse trading.