Bar scam: Nod for subjecting driver Ambili for lie detector test

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram vigilance court Monday permitted to subject Ambili, driver of Biju Ramesh, bar association working president, for a lie detector test, in connection with the bar scam involving Finance Minister K M Mani. The court directed forensic lab officials to fix a date for the test.

Ambili had told vigilance that it was he who transported Rs 35 lakh from the one core to Mani at his house in Palai. He had stated that the money was safely kept in bar owner Sreevatsan’s house and later handed it over to Mani after making sure that he was in his house. Meantime, Ambili told reporters that he will not run away from the lie detector test.

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