A Canadian journalist, who reported on bribery charges levelled against Union Minister Praful Patel, has tweeted that there was no evidence to show that the Minister took the bribe.

The journalist Stephanie Nolen, made it clear that she had written only on allegations made against Patel by an India-born Canadian citizen, Nazir Karigar, who is being prosecuted in Canada on charges of paying off Patel in a case, in which a former Mumbai police chief also figures.

Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh has already ruled out any investigation into the allegations that Praful Patel was bribed in an Air India procurement case in 2007. Patel has rubbished the charges as baseless and preposterous.