Chargesheet for TDP legislator, four policemen

The chargesheet follows investigations by SIT using scientific methods. The accused, C. Krishna Yadav, was subjected to lie detector test and P-300 Bra for finger printing tests which have yielded fruitful results, officials said.

Karnataka Chief Minister, however, took credit for busting the scam when the ‘‘entire country was unaware of it’’.

Krishna said the Karnataka police had done a good job. Addressing office bearers of the state unit Congress, he said: ‘‘We need not learn lessons from the BJP. It is on the request by Finance Minister Jaswant Singh that the state agreed to hand over the case to the CBI,’’ Krishna said.

Defending the government’s decision to refer the scam to the CBI after maintaining defiance for over two years, he said: ‘‘The time is ripe to give it to the CBI, hence we have decided to hand over the case.’’

He said the state would put all facts on the StampIT investigations in an affidavit before the Supreme Court on January 8.