Varun Gandhi 'honey-trapped', leaked defence secrets: Whistleblower

October 20, 2016 19:49

BJP MP Varun Gandhi leaked crucial information about defence matters to arms manufacturers after being blackmailed with pictures of him with foreign escorts and prostitutes, Prime Minster Narendra Modi's Office has been told in a letter.

The complaint, dated September 16, is from arms deal whistleblower C Edmonds Allen, a US-based lawyer, who says that Gandhi was used by controversial arms dealer Abhishek Verma to disclose defence details to arms manufacturers looking to score contracts for India.

Verma and Allen were business partners before they had an epic falling out in 2012. Allen says that as a member of a parliamentary defence committee, Gandhi used his information to "compromise national security."

However, Varun has denied the allegations saying he had no access to defence details.

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