[Assam] AT news - interesting!

[Alpana B. Sarangapani]

http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/details.asp?id=jun0708/at02

 
Ripun’s deal was for Rs 70 lakhFrom Our Staff Correspondent NEW DELHI, June 6 – Mukul Pathak, the journalist who was arrested along with sacked Assam Education Minister Ripun Bora today said that the deal was originally for Rs 3.5 crore but was later negotiated down to Rs 70 lakh. The Rs 10 lakh that was allegedly paid on June 2 was the first instalment. Meanwhile, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has officially described Mukul Pathak as a ‘conduit’.It may be mentioned that the duo was arrested along with a Delhi-based businessman, Ramesh Maheswari, in Delhi on the charge of offering a Rs 10-lakh bribe to the investigation agency. Pathak was produced before the court of VK Maheswari, Tis Hazari, today where the CBI was granted one more day’s of custody. All the three accused would be produced before the Special Court at Tis Hazari tomorrow. Mukul Pathak told newsmen while he was being produced at the court that he arranged for a meeting of Abhigyan Gogoi, a cousin of AB Gupta, DSP, CBI, Eastern Range, and Diganta Saikia, a surrendered ULFA man, with the CBI officer for arriving at a ‘deal’ with the latter. Pathak said that he only acted as a middle-man for Abhigyan, Diganta and Ripun Bora, and beyond that he had no role in the entire episode. Incidentally, Abhigyan is a son of Nomal Gogoi, an Assam Police officer, and also a cousin of the CBI DSP AB Gupta. Gogoi’s wife, a Bengali woman, is a sister-in-law of AB Gupta. Pathak, who broke down several times in the court today, claimed that he merely arranged for the meeting for the deal, and that he neither collected nor gave the money. Pathak, however, said that he was treated ‘fairly’ by the CBI. His only grievance was that he had been in the same pair of dress since his arrest.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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