Bengaluru: The BJP's Karnataka Chief B S Yeddyurappa rubbished as "atrocious and malicious" the allegation that he had paid Rs 1,800 crore as bribe to the party top brass, after the Congress demanded a Lokpal probe into the issue.'

The Income Tax department has inquired into the allegation and it has been found that the documents are "fake", the former Karnataka CM claimed, terming it as a "closed chapter". He accused the Congress of raising the issue, as it was "frustrated" over its "imminent defeat" in the Lok Sabha polls.