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Showing posts with label says Saritha. Show all posts

Paid Rs 5 lakh to Benny Behanan, 2 lakh to Vishnunath, says Saritha

KOCHI: Saritha S Nair, accused in the solar case, told the commission that she paid money to MLAs Benny Behanan and P C Vishnunath. I gave Rs 5 lakh to Benny Behanan for the party fund. Rs 2 lakh was given to P C Vishnunath in 2011 for Manavika Yatra. However, she said that she had not obtained any receipt for it. She informed the commission that she will produce evidences as and when she gets it.

Saritha said that she has given money not only to congress leaders but to many other politicians. She said that she knew Benny Behanan earlier. Gave Rs 2 lakh to Vishnunatha in two instalments-one lakh during his yatra in Ottappalam and one lakh at the Ernakulam Guest House. The names of many MLAs were levelled in the case and they were all from the ruling front, she said.  

She said that it is rather difficult to reveal openly things including the contents of the letter. I will expose things if the commissions holds a secret sitting by avoiding cameras. However, she said that she will not hand over the letter written in Pathanamthitta jail. When the commission asked to hand over the letter in a sealed cover, she said that she will inform later after consulting her advocate.

Complaint made against Abdullahkutty at the behest of Thampanoor Ravi, says Saritha

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Solar scam accused Saritha S Nair disclosed on Monday that she had given sexual harassment complaint against A P Abdullakutty MLA at the behest of KPCC general secretary Thampanoor Ravi.

“I gave statement against him before the Magistrate as advised by Thampanoor Ravi. The aim behind this was to divert the solar case,” Saritha told the Commission, which also accepted three CDs given by her as evidence.    

“I talked to former minister Ganesh Kumar’s PA Pradeep Kumar over phone. Pradeep told me that I should obey Thampanoor Ravi. After coming out of jail, I stayed at Balakrishna Pillai’s cousin’s house.

Benny Behanan MLA had prevented me from revealing the truth whenever I tried to…  Benny had told me that he was just obeying the instructions of the chief minister. But later Benny and Ravi changed their stands and asked me to withdraw the case. Evidence on all this is in the CD. Before giving a complaint to DGP, Ravi told me that he had briefed DGP about the case. The case was filed and withdrawn according to the instructions of the chief minister. The evidence regarding this is in the CD” she told media persons,” he told media persons.

Abdullakutty invited me to Muscat Hotel, says Saritha

KOCHI: Saritha S Nair, the main accused in the solar case, has come forward with more revelations and this time it is against Congress leader A P Abdullakutty. She said the leader used to ring her constantly. He spoke in an indecent manner two months before her arrest. She told media that he had asked her to come to the Muscat Hotel.

Abdullakutty had texted me via SMS not to reveal his name to the police. He called me when I was in police custody and demanded the same. I will reveal more names later, she said.   

Saritha said my revelations will give sleepless nights to many. They should also suffer in the same way I did.  I have proofs for all the revelations made. The UDF government has not helped me in any way.

Fenny will be my counsel, says Saritha

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Fenny Balakrishnan will be my counsel in all my cases, said Saritha S Nair, accused in the solar fraud case. She informed this when she was produced at the CJM Court. She said that she is not aware of the other two Vakkalaths produced. Biju Radhakrishnan was also produced in the court.

The court directed the two to give written applications when they informed that they want to meet their respective advocates. She signed the application has Saritha S Nair and in the Vakkalath submitted it was written as Lakshmi Nair. The court pointed it out and said a person can have two names but questioned the two signatures. The court later remanded them for 14 days.

The two were produced in the court in connection with a cheating case which happened in 2010. Saritha was not produced even after the court issued a production warrant to produce her.