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Rahul Mahajan used to spend Rs 70,000 daily: Police

Last updated on: June 12, 2006 18:33 IST

Rahul Mahajan had a lavish lifestyle and used to spend Rs 60,000 to Rs 70,000 every day, according to the Delhi Police.

During Rahul's interrogation for drug use many details of the late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan's wealth have tumbled out, say the police.

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Inspector Madanjit Singh Randhawa claimed that during his interrogation, Rahul allegedly told the police that he is capable of spending "anything between Rs 60,000 and Rs 70,000 every day." 

According to the sources, Delhi Police Chief Dr K K Paul recently handed over details of Rahul Mahajan's interrogation to the concerned departments for further action. His statements will be now verified by the Income Tax Department and the Narcotics Control Bureau.

Intelligence Bureau officials were privy to details of Rahul Mahajan's interrogation, sources said.

Interestingly, interrogators said Rahul's cell phone buzzed all the time. Various filmmakers, politicians and industrialists call him, he told police officers.

Rahul told the police he spends money mostly on taking his friends to clubs, parties, pubs and discotheques.

Rahul told police that he worked with Jet Airways for two years as a co-pilot. After that he became a consultant with an American company. During the tenure of National Democratic Alliance government he set up Integral Productions, a company that produced a programme called Tak Dhina Dhin for Doordarsan.

 

R Prema in New Delhi