Did Varun Gandhi spill defence secrets?
posted on Oct 21, 2016 @ 4:29PM
A US-based whistleblower has accused BJP parliamentarian Varun Gandhi saying he leaked crucial information about defence matters after being "honey-trapped" and blackmailed by arms dealer Abhishek Verma. The complaint, dated September 16, is from C Edmonds Allen, a US-based lawyer, who says that Mr Gandhi was used by controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma to disclose defence details to arms manufacturers looking to score contracts for India. Mr Verma and Mr Allen were business partners before they had an epic falling out in 2012. Mr Allen says that as a member of a parliamentary defence committee, Mr Gandhi used his information to "compromise national security." Varun Gandhi termed the accusations "baseless and ridiculous". "I was horrified at the wild allegations made. What I didn't see, however, was a shred or iota of evidence, proof or fact linking me to these insane rumours,'' he said. "Anybody who knows the defence committee knows it has no access to confidential information." He also said he would quit politics "even if 1% of all this" was true.