Congress' quote recorder

Shakeel Ahmed, the minister of state in the home affairs ministry and Congress spokesperson came to brief the media at the Congress headquarters with a tape recorder.

When curious journalists enquired, Ahmed quipped, “After what happened to AR Antulay, I am not taking any chances. I don’t want to be misquoted.” Antulay recently created a storm when he questioned the circumstances under which Mumbai ATS chief Hemant Karkare died.