One of the accused in Antagarh tape scandal Manturam Pawar while recording his statement before the local court under section 164 on Saturday named former chief ministers Ajit Jogi and Raman Singh, former minister Rajesh Munat and former MLA Amit Jogi in the case.
He stated that the whole deal was of Rs 7 crore. The other accused in this case are Anees Memon and Feroze Siddqui as named by Pawar.
As per legal sources, Pawar in his statement said he is feeling guilty as under pressure, he had accepted the deal but did not get a single penny from it. He is open to investigation of all his property and bank accounts.
In the statement, he had narrated the sequence of events as how he was lured and forced to accept the deal and even kept under forced house arrest.
During the Antagarh poll 2014, Congress candidate was Manturam Pawar but in last date of withdrawal of nomination he withdrew himself from the race. Later, a CD of alleged conversations of persons named in the FIR went viral.
After formation of the Congress government, a Special Investigation Team was constituted to investigate the scandal and later at Pandri police station an FIR was lodged against Mantruram Pawar, Ajit Jogi, Amit Jogi and Dr Puneet Gupta, son- in-law of Raman Singh.