NARASIMHA Rao knows the heat is on. In his bid to wash his hands of Chandraswami, the former prime minister even made a rare statement disclaiming all links with him. But the deposition of London-based businessman Lakhubhai Pathak before a court in Delhi this fortnight—charging Rao with involvement in the $100,000 fraud case, in which the godman and his accomplice Kailash Nath Aggarwal alias Mamaji are the main accused—has reopened the Chandraswami chapter in his life. Pathak's statement before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Prem Kumar has put a question mark over Rao's claim that he does "not recall having done anything under his (Chandraswami's) influence in my official capacity ever."