Cong hobnobbed with BJP before Jogi's arrest?

Raipur, Apr 03: Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi today said he was aware that a few Congress leaders ''were in touch'' with the ruling BJP for three days before his arrest in connection with a private complaint case related to the murder of a Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader.

''Some enthusiastic partymen have secured mobile phone call details of a few leaders. They told me that these leaders were in regular touch with the BJP leaders before my arrest on March 18,'' he told a press conference here.

Mr Jogi, however, refused to elaborate.

''At present, I am not considering to raise this issue before the party high command,'' he said, adding that appropriate legal remedy was being taken with regard to the private complaint case against him.

Mr Jogi was arrested by police in the midst of a campaign for the Lok Sabha by-election in Rajnandgaon, on the basis of a warrant issued by a local court on a private complaint related to the murder of NCP leader Ram Avatar Jaggi in June 2003.

While Mr Jogi's supporters termed his arrest during election campaign as a political conspiracy, the former chief minister later moved the sessions court, which granted him bail.

UNI

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