CB questions BJP district prez Sankar

Kozhikode: Wayanad

crime branch

team, which is probing the case against BJP state president

K Surendran

and

Janadhipathya Rashtriya Party

(

JRP

) chairperson

CK Janu

on alleged

bribery

charges in connection with her candidature as NDA candidate in

Sultan Bathery

, interrogated BJP district president

Saji Sankar

on Wednesday.

The CB team headed by deputy SP R Manoj Kumar quizzed Sankar at the crime branch office in Kalpetta. The interrogation which began in the morning lasted for 90 minutes. Sankar was asked about the allegation levelled by JRP state treasurer

Praseeda Azhikode

that party district general secretary Prashanth Malavayal had handed over Rs 25 lakh to Janu at a home stay in Bathery in March during election campaign. The investigation team asked Sankar about the finances of the party’s election campaign.

Praseeda alleged that Surendran had told her over phone that he made arrangements for handing over the money, and the next day, Prashanth handed over the money at a homestay in Bathery where Janu was staying.