Even as the alleged ‘diary scam’ in which notings were made on payments to  Congress leaders rocked the State, with the main Opposition BJP taking to the streets on the issue, the Congress seems to have got some relief with a Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) report saying that the hand-writing in the diary was not that of Congress MLC K. Govindaraju.

The FSL report is said to have stated that the hand-written contents in the diary does not match with that of Govindaraju.

The diary was said to be seized by Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate officials during an IT raid on Congress MLC K. Govindaraju’s residence and offices in Bengaluru recently.