Cash-for-vote: No clinching evidence against Amar Singh, says Parliamentary Committee

NEW DELHI: In a reprieve for Amar Singh, the Parliamentary Committee investigating the cash-for-votes scam has in its report said there is no clinchi
ng evidence against the Samajwadi Party leader. ( Watch )

The committee has recommended a CBI probe into the case and has suggested the case needs to be investigated further.

Final meeting of the committee is scheduled to be held on October 17.

The Parliamentary Committee was probing allegations by three BJP MPs that they were offered money to back the Manmohan Singh government in the crucial trust vote on July 22.

On September 25, the cash-for-vote scam kicked up another drama when Amar Singh, under a cloud for his alleged role in the scandal, claimed that he was being blackmailed by a BSP worker who demanded Rs five crore to change his version before the Parliamentary panel probing the matter.

Azmat Ali, described by Singh as a BSP worker, had gone to Singh's residence and allegedly demanded the hefty amount for changing his statement he had given to the panel, the SP leader claimed at a press conference.

Ali was detained by police at Singh's Lodhi Estate residence on his complaint. Importantly, he could not depose before the parliamentary committee probing the bribery charges levelled by three BJP MPs.