‘UPA govt clean chit behind ex-top cop’s anti-Modi tirade’

The scientist,Nambi Narayanan,was later cleared in the espionage case.

The BJP spokesperson asserted that Sreekumar’s tirade against Modi,in concert with social activist Teesta Setalvad,was “part of the deal” with the Congress government at the Centre. “As a part of the quid pro quo,RBS was expected to launch a tirade full of lies and untruths against the BJP Government in Gujarat for political reasons. Apparently,Sreekumar honoured his part of the deal with his political suitors and continues to do the same even today,” Lekhi alleged.

Addressing a press conference,Lekhi played the CD of an alleged telephone conversation between Rais Khan,a former associate of social activist Teesta Setalvad,and Sreekumar to claim Sreekumar was working in tandem with Setalvad against the Modi-led Gujarat government.

“Interestingly,R B Sreekumar,in conversation with Rais Khan,ex-aide of Teesta Setalvad,on 4.11.2010 admitted that ‘Teesta helped me when chargesheet was given to me’,” Lekhi pointed out quoting from the CD.

‘BJP kept CBI report in cold storage’

Ahmedabad: Reacting to allegations,R B Sreekumar said the BJP had kept the CBI report against the IB officers,including him,in cold storage for five years before the UPA finally cleared the charges. He said,“In fact,a CBI report criticising the role of IB officers along with Kerala police officers,in this case,was kept in cold storage by the Vajpayee government for five years,from 1999-2004. The UPA government then conducted a departmental inquiry…”

He said,“IB officers don’t have any authority under CrPC to register cases,investigate and prosecute,so how could I have wrongly fixed Nambi Narayanan in a false case?”