Was forced to pay Rs 10 crore to Satyendra Jain, claims Sukesh Chandrashekhar in letter to L-G

New Delhi, 1/11: Conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, currently lodged in Tihar Jail, has made sensational claims that he paid over Rs 50 crore to AAP for an “important” post in the party, Rs 10 crore to jailed minister Satyender Jain and Rs 12.5 crore to jail Director General Sandeep Goel as “protection money”.

The claims were made by Sukesh in a letter dated October 7 sent to Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena even as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday rubbished the allegations as “completely fictitious” aimed at diverting attention from the Morbi tragedy and to tarnish AAP’s image ahead of Gujarat Assembly elections where the BJP is in “trouble”.

BJP National Vice President Baijayant Panda said it takes “conmanship of astronomical levels to con/extort such big sums from super conman” and “Scratch a little and abominable truths about AAP are out so brazenly, all under the tutelage of Arvind Kejriwal”. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said it would not be an exaggeration to say AAP has extorted from an extortionist.