The police said the Ministry of Finance admitted there is no system to record the serial numbers of currency notes issued by the banks.
Banks have failed to ascertain the identity of persons who withdrew Rs one crore, allegedly paid to three BJP MPs to influence the vote of confidence in Lok Sabha in 2008, Delhi Police said in its charge sheet.
"Exhaustive efforts were made during the investigation from various bank branches to link the money trail. The Parliamentary Committee had also tried to probe the money trail but as per report of Ministry of Finance mentioned at page number 33 that 'banks are unable to trace out the person who has withdrawn the said bundles from respective branches'," the charge sheet filed in a court here said.
The police said the Ministry of Finance has admitted there is no system to record the serial numbers of currency notes issued to the customers by the banks.
"Although at page 33 in first paragraph of Parliamentary Enquiry Committee report it is mentioned that in their reply, Ministry of Finance has admitted that there is no system of recording the serial numbers of currency notes issued to the customers by banks and hence banks are unable to trace out the person who has withdrawn such bundles," the charge sheet said.
The police said during the investigation, the managers of the banks concerned were asked to provide details of customers to whom they have issued the wads of currency notes which were waved in the Lok Sabha.
"The banks showed their inability to provide any such detail as they have no system in the banks of maintaining such records," the charge sheet said.
The police, however, claimed the money waved by the BJP MPs in Parliament was sent by former Samajwadi Party leader and one of the accused in the scam Amar Singh.
"Hence, although there is no evidence to link the money shown by BJP MPs in the well of the Lok Sabha on July 22, 2008 with Amar Singh, MP, circumstantial evidence leads to the conclusion that the said money was sent by Amar Singh," the charge sheet said.
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