Amar Singh: Tape conversations concoted

Thu, 12 May 2011

15:15

Former SP leader Amar Singh today spoke to the media, a day after the Supreme Court allowed his tape transcripts to be outed.

Amar Singh today claimed that the CDs containing his purported conversations with politicians, Bollywood stars and corporate honchos were "concocted". He also claimed that the Supreme Court order lifting gag order on their broadcast and publication would encourage people to use illegal means tap private conversations in the future.

The Supreme Court yesterday lifted the five-year old gag on CDs containing his his tapped conversations in which he is heard talking to politicians, bollywood stars and corporate bigwigs and purportedly fixing deals.

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