New Delhi, January 14 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today defended Law Minister Somnath Bharti, asserting that his cabinet colleague did not tamper with evidence.
Media report said Bharti and his client Pawan Kumar were facing prosecution on corruption charges after the CBI accused them of influencing a prosecution's witness by speaking to him on phone and discussing it.
"Bharti was trying to save a junior-level official and the sting operation that has been done is being called tampering of evidence by the judges," said Kejriwal.
"We are ready to give the recording. You can see and tell if it was the tampering of evidence. I have told Bharti that the recording should be played in the media," he said.
Explaining the case, the Chief Minister said, "We need to understand the entire case. This is almost a Rs 100 crore corruption case. It was a fraud within the bank."
"Whenever anybody exports something, a letter of credit is received against the consignment. False letters of credit were raised and senior bank officials were involved," said the Delhi CM.
He also pointed out that the CBI made a junior-level desk official Pawan Kumar a scapegoat and arrested him.
"Everybody was talking in the bank and openly accepting that they had put Pawan in the trap. He did a sting operation and called all senior officials," Kejriwal said.
"Whatever they were saying was recorded. There was no tampering of the evidence," he said. — IANS
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