New Delhi: Samata Party leader Jaya Jaitly today (Jun 21, 2004) said that some of the evidence given by a London-based expert has "strengthened" her charges and felt it was naive to conclude that all the allegations of tampering and malicious editing levelled against Tehelka tapes have been disproved.

"In view of the various specific opinions of the expert, it would be naive to conclude that all the allegations regarding tampering and malicious editing of the tapes have in any way, been disproved," she said in a statement through her counsel.

"In fact, the expert has simply referred the matter back to the Commission for final decision on the issue of malicious editing, which he says he is not competent to render an opinion on," the statement said.

The counsel also noted that several allegations raised against the veracity of the tapes were prima facie substantiated by the opinions contained in the report.

"The findings rendered on various specific queries have greatly strengthened the case of Jaitly. Certain specific queries do not appear to have, however, been adequately dealt with in the report and we intend to explore these areas in course of the examination of Mathew James Cass, the expert on June 23," the statement added.