Speak Asia COO fears re-arrest by police from other states, may petition SC

Speak Asia COO Tarak Bajpai has been granted bail, but he is afraid that police from other places may arrest him. According to sources, the company may approach the Supreme Court to seek anticipatory bail
Speak Asia, the troubled multi-level marketing (MLM) company, could remain in the water for many more days, if not some months or years. The company's chief operating officer (COO) Tarak Bajpai, who is in custody, is apparently not willing to come out of jail fearing that police from other states may be looking to arrest him.
According to information posted on the Internet by some agents of Speak Asia, Mr Bajpai was granted bail by the Thane District Court. However, police from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Goa and Pune were said to be waiting outside the court to arrest Mr Bajpai. So, in order to avoid being arrested all over again, the company's counsel advised that Mr Bajpai petition the Supreme Court for anticipatory bail.
One such post reads: "Court ne bail manjoor kar li, lekin layer (lawyer) ne mana kar diya kyoki aur jagah se complain bhi hua hai. Agar Tarak sir baahar aate toh fir se giraftar ho jate. Is isthiti (is paristhithi) mein layer (lawyer) ne nirnay liya ki ab Supprim Court se Agrim jamant lenge. Jis se ki jo aur jagah company ke khilaf FIR hua hai, koi pooch tach ke liye inko giraftar na kare. MONDAY ko SC se bail mil jayega, tab Tarak sir bahar aa jayenge, fir SOAL ka painding work shuru ho jayega." However, this information could not be confirmed from the company's legal team.
In the meanwhile, according to some panellists, the company has also requested the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to postpone its meeting, citing non-availability of its officials. Speak Asia had asked for an appointment with the RBI and accordingly the central bank had fixed a meeting for 24th August, in the second half of the day. However, on the morning of 24th August, Speak Asia sent an email to the RBI saying that since its officials were in jail, the meeting be postponed to another date. Speak Asia had to get an order from the Bombay High Court to fix an appointment with the RBI.
This statement from Speak Asia is yet another example of the lies the company has been spreading. Harendar Kaur, chairperson and chief executive officer (CEO) of Speak Asia (see the image below), had sent a letter seeking an appointment to the RBI. Manoj Kumar, the company's CEO for India, is alleged to be in hiding in Dubai, while there is no information about other officials, like Narayanan Rajagopalan, president for emerging markets, and Vivek Gautam, chief marketing officer (who was reported to have been sacked for making big claims about big clients).
Some other officials of the company were also present at the press conference called by Speak Asia on 16th May in Mumbai, but there is little information about their whereabouts. Till date, the Mumbai police and the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) have arrested only one official, that is Tarak Bajpai. The question is why is Speak Asia making it out to be as if many of its officials are in jail?

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