Senior Bengal Minister Firhad, alias Bobby Hakim, on Monday told the Central Bureau of Investigation that he had not taken money in the Narada pay off case.
Hakim who was purportedly shown in a televised sting video “dealing” with a journalist faking as a prospective investor in Bengal told journalists after his interrogation by the CBI that he had not taken money in the case.
“I did not take money from any one,” he said adding, “there is a conspiracy being hatched to malign me but I am sure I will come out of this,” the Urban Development Minister whose Ministry had earned bad name after an under-construction fly-over collapsed in North Kolkata in March 2016 killing about 30 people said.
“I have faith in the judiciary and the investigators and would come here whenever called upon to do so,” the Minister said.
Hakim was purportedly seen telling the journalist that Rs 5 lakh on offer was not enough for him and that it was the fodder of the “bacchas” (kids) who worked for his organisation.
About a dozen Trinamool Congress MPs and Ministers were seen taking cash from the sting journalist in the said video.2. Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim interrogated by CBI, says he did not take money in Narada.