Raj Kumar had filed the application on April 8, seeking details about the visit. A reply from the official said no such meeting took place. He filed another application on April 11 with the Home Secretary for obtaining the information, which was forwarded to the prison superintendent on April 16.

Meanwhile, disputing Rajasoundari’s version, the Congress party on Friday said it stood by what it had stated earlier on this issue. “I am not aware of what the Jail Superintendent has said. But whatever we have said, we stand by it,” AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said in New Delhi. Following confirmation of the meeting by Priyanka, the party had also confirmed it appealing to people to respect “privacy”.