NEW DELHI: Delhi Police are set to chargesheet seven persons, including MPs Amar Singh and Ashok Argal, for their alleged involvment in the cash-for-vote scam, three years after the incident took place.
Sources said they have found evidence against seven persons for their alleged involvement in the 2008 case and all will be charged under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, BJP’s Lok Sabha member Ashok Argal, former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora, a BJP worker Suhail Hindustani, Singh’s former aide Sanjeev Saxena and L K Advani’s former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni are likely to be chargesheeted, sources said.
Police had already secured permission from the Rajya Sabha Chairman for chargesheeting Singh while a letter has been sent to Lok Sabha Speaker seeking permission to charge Argal, they said.
The investigations into the three-year-old gathered pace last month after Supreme Court rebuked Delhi Police for shoddy investigations into the case in which three BJP MPs were sought to be bribed for voting in favour of UPA during trust vote in 2008.
Following Supreme Court scolding, police arrested Hindustani and Saxena besides questioning Singh, Argal and Rewati Raman Singh, a SP leader.
According to sources, the evidence against Singh predominantly revolved around call details. While allegedly delivering cash at the BJP MPs’ residence, Saxena is said to have called Singh several times.(PTI)