THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: I bought dollars from the black market to pay commission in the Life Mission project, said UNITAC managing director Santhosh Eapen. He told the Enforcement Directorate that he bought three lakh dollars from Kochi and one lakh dollar from the capital city.

He said that it was a bank employee who bought the dollars from the black market. He also told them that he met Sivasankar after signing the MoU and the latter summoned Life Mission CEO U V Jose to his cabin and introduced him.