Bengaluru, March 22 -- The BJP's Karnataka chief B S Yeddyurappa on Friday rubbished as "atrocious and malicious" the allegation that he had paid Rs 1,800 crore as bribe to theparty top brass, after the Congress demanded a Lokpal probeinto the issue.

The allegation has been already inquired into by the Income Tax department and it has been found that documents are"fake", the former Karnataka Chief Minister claimed, termingit as a "closed chapter".

He accused the Congress of raising the issue as it was "frustrated" over its "imminent defeat" in Lok Sabha polls.

The Lingayat strongman also said he was talking to legal experts on filing a defamation case.

"To be frank all the issues being raised by Congress including one raised by them t...