I bribed the chief minister, says accused

28 Jan, 2016 09:39 IST|Sakshi
I bribed the chief minister, says accused

Tiruvananthapuram:The court on Thursday has ordered to add the name of Kerala Chief minister Oomen Chandy in the FIR.

 

The solar scam rocking the Kerala politics has hit chief minister Oomen Chandy with the prime accused Saritha S. Nair stating that she had given bribes to the tune of Rs. 1.90 crore to the chief minister.
Deposing before the G. Sivarajan Commission on Wednesday, she said she paid the amount on the assurance that the chief minister would "facilitate" government support for her solar projects. The amount was handed over to Thomas Kuruvila, a close aide of the Chief Minister, at Chandni Chowk Shopping Mall's parking lot in New Delhi, she said.

According to her, it was on July 9, 2012 that she, along with the Mallelil Sreedharan Nair, a businessman, met the Chief Minister at his office at the government secretariat. According to her, the Chief Minister asked her to meet Abbas, the private secretary of Industries Minister P.K. Kunjalikutty. Mr. Abbas promised her to identify the holdings in a couple of days, she said.

Regarding her meetings with the Power Minister, she said she met the Power Minister at his official residence. It was his personal assistant Keshavan who suggested that bribes be paid for taking the projects further. Though he demanded Rs. 2 crore, he settled for Rs. 1 crore after negotiations, and Rs. 25 lakh was paid as the first instalment at Manmohan Banglow, his official residence.

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