The senior leader, who says he is not anymore in active politics, faced the police a day after a Delhi court remanded his alleged former associate Sanjeev Saxena and Suhail Hindustani, a former BJP worker, to police custody till today in the cash-for-vote scam.
Hindustani was arrested Wednesday night after Delhi Police interrogated him for hours. Saxena was arrested in July 16 and sent to a three-day custody, which ended on Thursday. His custody was then extended.
Hindustani told reporters before facing the police, "I received calls from Amar Singh and Ahmed Patel. Those close to Prime Minister called me and even from 10-Janpath". He said Amar Singh told him that he was working on Manmohan Singh and Patel’s directions.
The Delhi Police earlier obtained permission from the Home Ministry to question Amar Singh over the controversial cash-for-votes scam.
Saxena has allegedly told Delhi Police that he was given large amount of money by Singh to offer them to the Bharatiya Janata Party MPs to give support to the UPA government during the trust vote in 2008.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh earlier this year said that his government or party never indulged in any activity to buy lawmakers to win a trust vote in 2008.
The investigation into the case was speeded up after the Supreme Court last week slammed Delhi Police for their callous approach in the case.
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