Mystery over middleman in Judeo tapes

Who is Rahul?" was deputy Prime Minister LK Advani's question during his brief stay at Raipur on his way for the election campaign in Chattisgarh.

The man who acted as an Australian firm's middleman and paid money to Dilip Singh Judeo is identified as Rahul in the video clip.

That Advani, who controls the largest intelligence network in the country under the Intelligence Bureau, should be inquiring about Rahul indicates the measure of curiosity this name has evoked among politicians.

In Chattisgarh, BJP leaders say that Rahul is a former journalist, who works with Amit Jogi, the controversial son of Chattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi.

But BJP leaders are at loss to understand the links between Rahul and a senior minister of the Union cabinet who had appointed the same person as his image-manager.

Soon after the government announced the inquiry by the CBI, sleuths of the CBI and the IB are hot on the trail of Rahul. Advani also said that Rahul must come forwards and "tell the truth".