Cash-for-vote scam: No abnormal withdrawals from Amar’s bank account,say police

“There is no abnormal withdrawals from the accounts of accused Amar Singh. Detailed efforts have been made to link the money trail but there is system in the banks to record the number of currency notes at the time of payment to the customers,” the police said in its supplementary chargesheet filed before Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal.

The chargesheet,which gave details of the bank accounts held by Singh and his wife Pankaja Kumar Singh,has not added any other person as accused in the fresh chargesheet.

Police gave details of four bank accounts of Singh in the chargesheet from June 1 to July 31,2008 to ascertain whether the money displayed in the Lok Sabha during the trust vote on July 22,2008 had come from his account or not.

During the period,the maximum amount withdrawn from Singh’s four bank accounts in Royal Bank of Scotland,Yes Bank,State Bank of India and United Bank of India,was only Rs 5.17 lakh,the police said in its chargesheet.

Meanwhile,Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar has given sanction to the Delhi Police to prosecute BJP MP Ashok Argal in the cash-for-vote scam.