Mumbai, April 11:The Navi Mumbai police today informed the Bombay High Court that a team will be sent to Uttar Pradesh to trace the prime witness, who is missing for a month, of the Ramnarayan Gupta fake encounter case.
The wife of witness Anil Bheda had approached the High Court with a habeas corpus petition, stating that her husband had been missing since March 13 after he left his Vashi residence.
Bheda is the sole eye-witness in the fake encounter case in which several policemen, including encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma, have been arrested.
Bheda was summoned by a sessions court to record his evidence against the accused on March 18.
According to the petition, Bheda had received 11 calls from some persons threatening him with dire consequences if he appeared in court and gave his testimony.
–Agencies