influence in the government. In the subsequent meetings he elaborated on his functioning and said that he worked from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The team then met R. K. Gupta, the RSS trustee and a big defence middleman. He was quite vocal about his relationship with the Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Lal Krishna Advani and said that both of them were tenants at his properties. He had also helped establish the RSS headquarters in 1967 in Jhandewala, Delhi. He assured the team that he will get their work done and will pay the bribe on their behalf to the Defence Secretary, Joint Secretary, Under Secretary, the then treasurer of the party Ved Prakash Goyal, BJP’s national president Bangaru Laxman. He did not wanted to involve Brajesh Mishra as his price was rupees one crore. On December 23, 2000, journalists posing as representatives of the arms manufacturing company held their first meeting with the then BJP chief Bangaru Laxma. They then met him several times over the period of one week and promised to compensate him for his recommendation to the Defence Ministry of Supply regarding hand-held thermal imagers. On January 1, 2001, Laxman accepted One lakh rupees at BJP’s office for pursuing their proposal. On January 7, 2001, the final meeting held between the fake representatives and Laxman. Bribes paid The bribes paid during the operation: P. Sashi Menon – Rs. 52,000. He was Senior Section Officer, Directorate General of Ordnance and Supply (DGOS) Colonel Anil Sehgal – Rs. 40,000. He was Director, Directorate General of Ordnance and Supply (DGOS) Brigadier Iqbal Singh – Rs. 50,000. He was Prospective Procurement Officer (PPO). Lt. Colonel Sayal – Rs. 80,000. He was ex-official of Directorate General of Ordnance and Supply (DGOS) and a defence middleman. Major General S. P. Murgai – Rs. 1,40,000. He was a retired Additional Director General, Quality Assurance. Narendra Singh – Rs. 10,000 H. C. Pant – Rs. 60,000. He was Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence Jaya Jaitly – Rs. 2,00,000. She was National President of Samta Party R. K. Jain – Rs. 50,000. He was National Treasurer of Samta party and a defence middleman Bangaru Laxman – Rs. 1,00,000. He was National President of Bharatiya Janata Party Sathyamurthi – A gold chain. He was the Secretary of Bangaru Laxman Raju Venkatesh – Rs. 10,000. He was the Secretary of Bangaru Laxman Surendra Sulekha –