A witness in the Rs 133 crore urea scam case, who had turned hostile, today did another flip-flop and stood by his original statement which links him to key accused M. Sambasiva Rao. Secunderabad-based Dharmesh Kumar Yadav today told Additional Sessions Judge A.K. Garg that his statements made earlier before Metropolitan Magistrate V.K. Gupta was without fear and was given voluntarily. No CBI officers were present in the chamber during the recording of that testimony, he added. He had stated before the magistrate that from time-to-time he would get calls from Rajinder Babani (his boss) and Rao to transfer the money to Secunderabad. Rao and Babani (a witness) had also asked him to withdraw money, said Yadav departing from his previous statements made on July 7, when he turned hostile. The CBI alleged that Yadav, then residing in Dubai, helped route $4 million to India — which Rao and D. Mallesham Goud, Indian agents of Karsan, received.
