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Cash-for-vote scam: Amar, 2 ex-BJP MPs sent to jail

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

In a dramatic turn of events in the sensational 2008 cash-for-vote scam, Rajya Sabha member Amar Singh was today arrested when he made a surprise appearance in a local court after first claiming that he was too ill to attend the proceedings.

Singh, 55, was denied bail and taken into custody after the court sent him to Tihar jail in the case in which he has been chargesheeted by Delhi Police after Supreme Court expressed displeasure over the "shoddy" probe.

Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal remanded him in judicial custody for 14 days after Singh appeared a couple of hours after pleading for exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds.

The court also rejected  bail to former BJP MPs Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahabir Singh Bhagora, who too appeared before the court responding to its summons for their alleged role in the scam.

BJP leader LK Advani's former aide Sudheendra Kulkarni, who has also been chargesheeted in the case, did not appear in the court today as he is stated to be abroad.

Armed with his medical reports, Singh made a fervent plea to the court to grant him bail saying that he has only recently undergone a kidney transplant in Singapore and required intensive round the clock medicare.

"I lost my kidneys and I am now living on borrowed kidneys. There are hazards of being in public life and there is infection in my urinary track which is dangerous for my borrowed kidney," said Singh.

 

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First Published: Sep 06 2011 | 4:19 PM IST

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