BJP demands CBI probe into Batcha's death

Guwahati: The BJP on Wednesday demanded a CBI probe into the mysterious death of A Raja's close aide Sadiq Batcha.

"A CBI probe is necessary to ascertain the reason of sudden death of one of the chief operators of 2G scam," BJP's national spokesman Prakash Javadekar told reporters here.

"Although we will like to comment after the post mortem report is published, the government should probe into the death", he said.

"He is not a character who will commit suicide", Javadekar, who is here to campaign for the party candidates ahead of next month's Assembly poll, said.

The 47-year-old Batcha, who has been questioned both by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate in the telecom scam case, was declared "brought dead" at a Chennai hospital earlier in the day with his family claiming he committed

suicide.

Taking a dig at AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh and his allegation that the BJP had links with banned outfits in the north-eastern region, including the ULFA, Javadekar claimed that the Congress leader had "lost track and was

suffering from jaundice".

"Everybody knows about Congress links with ULFA and how the party depended on the outfit to win the Assembly election", he said.

"Congress is fighting the election with support from the ULFA. We (the BJP) will win the election with support from the people", he claimed.