I connected Bhushan with Mulayam Singh Yadav on phone: Amar

New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Rajya Sabha(Upper House of Indian
Parliament) Member of Parliament(MP) Amar Singh has "admitted"
that he facilitated the purported conversation between
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and noted lawyer
Shanti Bhushan, which is contained in the controversial CD,
the Delhi police has told a court here.
Police said that during the investigation, Amar Singh
revealed that after dialing the number to Yadav, he handed
over the receiver to Bhushan to speak with each other.
In the report placed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
Vinod Yadav, police said Amar Singh had told them that when
the conversation took place on his landline phone, he had come
out of the room after handing over the phone to Bhushan.
When the alleged conversation had taken place, Virendra
Bhatia, who was the then Advocate General of north Indian
state Uttar Pradesh, was also present.
"He (Amar Singh) admitted that a few years back, Shanti
Bhushan had visited his house from hotel Taj Man Singh while
Bhatia was also present there.
"During discussion regarding some case of Mulayam Singh
Yadav pending in the Allahabad High Court, (may be case of
defection against Mulayam Singh Yadav), Shanti Bhushan wanted
to talk to Mulayam Singh Yadav.
"Then he (Amar Singh) connected him to Mulayam Singh
Yadav and left the room after handing over the receiver of the
phone to Shanti Bhushan. He could not listen to the
conversation between them," police said in its report.