Cash-for-vote: Ex-BJP MPs likely witnesses,say cops

A resident of east Delhi,Saxena,neighbours said,was a recluse and no one knew about his connections with Amar Singh till the scam surfaced three years ago.

We only knew him as a computer wizard and employee of a photocopy machine company. He kept to himself and has been living in this society for 16 years or so. There was nothing unusual about his lifestyle. Though his mother is popular in the area and is the president of temple society,he hardly spoke to anyone, said a neighbour on condition of anonymity.

When The Indian Express tried to contact his family at their residence on Tuesday,they refused to step out.

The police said the statement of two former BJP MPs,Mahavir Singh Bhagora and Fagan Singh Kulaste,was of prime importance and if need be they could be made witnesses in the case.

The third MP,Ashok Argal,is yet to be questioned pending approval from the Speaker of the Lok Sabha as he is a sitting MP.

The police said they have sent a notice to Suhail Hindustani to join investigations. Both Hindustani and Sudheendra Kulkarni had been named in a report submitted by a parliamentary committee in December 2008. It was on the basis of the findings of this report that the Delhi Police probed the role of Saxena and arrested him on Sunday.

The BJP MPs had displayed wads of cash in the Lok Sabha on July 22,2008 alleging that Argal,Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora were given money to abstain from the trust vote.