Mumbai, July 17 -- Congress MLA Nana Patole waved a pen drive in the Maharashtra Assembly today, alleging that a few ministers and 72 senior officials of the state government were honey trapped as well as blackmailed in order to extract confidential information from vital files.
Patole stated that he is willing to divulge the details in the pen drive if the government fails to acknowledge the scandal. He alleged that Thane, Nashik and Mumbai have become centres of honeytraps and blackmail operations.
"Through honeytraps, important documents of the state fell into the hands of anti-social elements. I do not want to defame anyone but the government is not serious about all this. It is not ready to give even a simple statement. Therefore, I ...