The CBI on Thursday grilled RK Agrawal for over five hours at Kutchery. Agrawal is prime accused in the Rajya Sabha elections 2012 cash-for-vote case. He is said to have responded with vague and confusing answers during his two-day remand.
"Basically, the interrogation was focused on the Rs 2.15 crore seized on the day of poll and Agrawal was asked where it was meant for. Who were the legislators with whom talks had taken place and on what terms and conditions was the deal was fixedIJ" said a source.
CBI officials also asked him how many votes he had expected in the election and how many MlAs he actually knew, besides the knowledge about Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MlA Sita Soren.
Agrawal kept on dodging the questions that included why he called up some of the MlAs demanding his money back after he lost the elections. He was also shown messages he had sent to MlAs during elections.
CBI also interrogated Agrawal about the bank transactions during the Rajya Sabha elections. He was asked about the cheque of Rs 10 lakh which he had signed in the name of some MlAs to which, he responded with confusing answers.
CBI is said to have evidences against at least four legislators who have accepted money from Agrawal.
Agrawal, who was arrested on Tuesday, from Ranchi and was sent on judicial custody of 14 days. The CBI was on a look out for Agrawal after the special court of CBI had cancelled his bail on May 7, earlier granted by a lower court on April 9. The CBI on Wednesday had filed an application seeking remand for Agrawal, which was allowed by the court.
Agrawal, along with another Independent candidate Pawan Kumar Dhoot, had been under the scanner of CBI for allegedly using unaccounted money to induce MlAs in exchange for their votes.
Agrawal, a Jamshedpur based businessman and the then president of Singhbhum Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was linked to the car that was seized by the police at Namkum on the outskirts of Ranchi on March 30, 2012 and Rs 2.15 crore cash was found inside. The Election Commis-sion countermanded the election following the recovery of huge cash.