Rs 1 crore seized from an accused in the 2008 ‘cash-for-vote’ scam, in which ex-Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, three former <g data-gr-id="9">Bharsatiya</g> Janata Party (BJP) MPs and three others were discharged, should be deposited in the PM’s Relief Fund, a city court directed the police on Monday.
The court also said that the cash be forfeited by the state as there was no claimant. According to the prosecution, Amar Singh’s former aide Sanjeev Saxena was the one who had allegedly delivered the amount at the residence of then BJP MP Ashok Argal. The court noted that all seven accused, who were charge-sheeted, stood discharged and nothing relating to the case was pending.