A retired officer of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) gave a new twist to the 2G spectrum allocation controversy by claiming that he was forced to sign the report on the alleged scam.

RP Singh, former director general, Post & Telecommunications at CAG, yesterday claimed that he had disagreement with the report that pegged the 2G scam loss at Rs 1.76 lakh crores, but he was made to sign it.

Making the astonishing revelation, Singh said, "This was not my report. It was CAG's (the institution's) report. What can I do as a subordinate when the CAG (Vinod Rai) has issued written instructions on how he wants the report?"

Singh also revealed that CAG officers had held a meeting with senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi at his residence on a holiday to help him in the preparation of the report on the notorious 2G spectrum allocation.

It is worth mentioning here that Singh was the officer behind the national auditor's 2G spectrum allocation audit.

The 2G scam report prepared by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which is headed by main opposition party BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, had harshly condemned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister P Chidambaram as well as Attorney-General GE Vahanvati for their roles in the allocation of 2G spectrum.

Singh claimed that the 2G spectrum allocation audit report that was prepared by him had pegged the loss at Rs 2,645 crore.