New Delhi: The first arrest has been made in the Tehelka expose case being investigated by the CBI. Former Samata Party treasurer RK Jain has been arrested.
The CBI arrested Jain from New Delhi after it had registered a case against him.
Jain also figures in two other Preliminary Enquiries registered by the CBI, which alleges he had influenced the public servants in clinching the deal, the sources said.
In May 2005, the Government ordered a new probe into the Tehelka scam in which top politicians and army brass were secretly filmed apparently taking bribes from reporters posing as arms dealers.
The sting operation was carried out by upstart news site tehelka.com in 2001.
Tehelka.com secretly videotaped then BJP President Bangau Laxman and senior defence officials apparently accepting bribes in return for favours to their fictitious firms.
The tape was filmed at the home of former Defence Minister George Fernandes and had led to his resignation.
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