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Neeraj Kumar has no links
with Verma: home ministry
__________
____________
Harish V Nair
"hwbh.nahlndijstmiflmgG.coffi
NEW DELHI: The Home Ministiy
onWednesdaytermedasThase
less" the allegation that
c_____
Delhi
police commissioner Neeraj
Kumar had "links" with navy
war room leak case accused
Abhishek Verma.
"The allegation regarding
Kumar's
"
Delhi police commissioner
Neeraj Kumar
Abhishek
baseless. No
response to a public interest
evidence has been produced to
establish this allegation;' said
litigation seeking quashing of
the appointment of Kumar as
the home
Delhi police commissioner,
links with
Verma appears
ministry affidavit
filed in the court by its lawyer
Sumeet Pushkarna.
The affidavit was flied in
Kumar's alleged links with
Verma was one
of the ground
cited by the petition filed by
MG
Devasahayam, a Chennal-
based
retired IAS officer.
The allegation had also been
raisedbyAamAdnflPartychief
ArvindKejriwal.
"It is pertinent to mention
that Verma was an approver in
a case which was being investigated by Kuniar when he was
postedasjoint director CDI and
therefore, as appnver Verma is
bound to have known the con
trolling officer of the case who
happened to be Kuinan
But that does not mean
that the controlling officer is
in any way complicit with the
approver," said the home at
istr? affidavit.
Ravi Kant sent back to Cal to
complete Coalgate probe
NEW DELHI: After facing flak
from the Supreme Court, the
government has reappointed
senior IPS officer Ravi Kant
in CBI to complete the probe
in the hl-proffle coal blocks
allocationcase.
Ravi Kantwill
return to Intelligence Bureau
after completion of his
assignment. Approval from
competent authority has
been conveyed for his reappointment as DIG, CBI.
lshrat case: CBI summons
lB offióer over fake alert
PROBE WIDENS Senior officer under lens after quizzing of Ahmedabad top
advocate
'FOUR SUSPECTS
'letleQt*i,knlm,lh,acca,
'June 15,2004: lshrat
'DeC 2010: A
and three others killed In
begins probe inthe case.
Lshrat
Jahan and three others
in 2004 has taken the Central
Bureau ofInvestigation (CBI)to
encounter,
'Nov 2011: SIT tells court
thatthe encounter was
the doorstep ofthe
läijiang cails the encounter
ligence
Bureau (TB).
'Sept2oo9: Ahmedabad met
ropolitan magistrate Si'
fake,
On Wednesday, the CBI
summoned Rajendra Kumar,
TB joint director in Delhi, for
questioning Kumar, officials of
theagencysaid,hadprovideda
thkeintethgenceinputwhichled
to the encounter,
A senior officer ofthe Central
Bureau of Investigation, who
is involved in the probe, said
Kumai then a joint director of
the lB in Gujarat, had alerted
the
Ahmedabad
police that a
group of terrorists trained by
were on a mission to "target
chiefmkiisterNarcnly"
Soon after, the
HADN'T FIRED A
3-member SIT
AHMEDABAD: Investigation into
the killing of Mumbra teen
SINGII
'Dec2oll: Gujarat high court
orders CBI probe in the case
Govt wants SC to quash I-IC order on
cnminal case in encounter deaths
- -
ItT Correspondent
eases were to be accepted,
the 26/11 terrorist Ajmal
Kasab would have had the
Court to set aside an
Andhra Pradesh High Court
Guard commandos who
would have had to defend
judgmentmaldngitn'.anda
single bullet at the site, where
the alleged police encounter
theiractionintheii-privath
tory for a criminal case to be
capacities.
tlledagainstthepolice every
-
Thehomentistry
tered
that engages with security
In its
"It is evident that the lB
had connived with the Gujarat
cases were to be registered
police and
a.gainstpolicepersonnel
nti fry said if criminal
alerts," said a senior police
everytimeacopkillsa
officer. "The police used those
to bump ofT petty criminals like
Maoist in a gunbattle, 'the
very existence of India as a
police, other agencies were
ii3volvedin the conspiracy which
resulted in the fake encounter:'
the CBI officer said.
As part of this, on Thesday,
agency had interrogated
the
egedlykulled
try has asked the Supreme
affidavit filed in the
Supreme Court, the home
fake encounter of Jamal.
The Central Bureau of
Investigation is now widening
its net "Apart fromthe Gujarat
who
Forensic tests with the use ot
cotton swabs revealed that the
four deceased had not fired a
minis
inagunfight.
Besides the Ishrat case, the
investigating agency is also
examiningKumar's role in the
Jai
right to file a case against
the National Security
NEW DELHt The home
thefouryouthsincludingjslnj
claiming they were the terror
Sohrabuddinand Sadiq Jamal."
that none of the four suspects
including Mumbai's Ishrat
single bullet at the crime scene.
affidavit said an attempt
to murder case was regis
fake
Investigation (CBI) probe found
during a police encounter in June
2004 in Ahmedahad, had fired a
time they kill an alleged ter
rorist or a Maoist guerrilla
generated
own
NEW DEIJII: A Central Bureau of
Ahmedabad
crime branch personnel killed
ists.
Abhlshok Sharan
"thth&sln
after everygunuight
against the private party
forces. If the trial court
finds any evidence against
thepolice,thecourtscan
occurred on June 15, 2004,
according to a CBI source. "No
residue of exploded ammuni
tion was found ontheir hands
the source added. "The four
deceased were suspected to
have been killed away from the
encounter site a day before the
incident. The accused brought
their bodies to the site early the
nextday'sourcessaid.
ordercasestoberegistered
against the police, it said,
calling the petition by the
state will become untenable",
According to the source,
forensic tests revealed that the
four deceased had been alleg
Andhra civil rights group
Besides, if this principle
of mandatory criminal
as an attempt to "demonise
the State".
edly killed with three weap
ons— anAX-56 and two pistols
_______________________________________________
Sudhirflrahmbhatt, chief pub
lie prosecutor of Abmedabad
genuine.
Subsequently, the Central
sessions court and a politically
well-connectedlawyer.
Bureau
The Gujarat high court had
ordered the Central Bureau
of Investigation probe into the
Ishrat case after it
was estab
including a Gujarat IFS officer
GL Singhal. But all got bail by
fished the encounter was not
stipulated 90 days.
of Investigation had
arrested several officials,
default, as the agency did not
file a chargesheet within the
of9-mn calibre—that the cops
had not used in the encounter.
Police documents had main
tamed that seven policemen of
the Ahmedabad crime branch
had fired 70 bullets-using two
AIC-47 automatics, a sten gun,
and
three service revolvers at
deceased near Kotarpur
Water Works in the city Not a
the
single spent shell fired from their
weapons was found from there.
CBI defends
summons for
Mittal, Ruia
SPECTRUM Mittal was hoping to use
earlier court order as a shield
ItT Correspondent
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau
nves
iga ion
On
Wednesday defended a Delhi
court's decision to sum
mon Sunil Bharti Mittal and
Ravikant N Ruia in the case
involving allocation ofadditional
spectrum in 2002.
Mittal
and Rula, the chair
man-cum-managing director
ofBharti Cellular Ltd and direc
tor of Sterling Cellular Limited
(now known as Vodafone Mobile
Services) respectively, hadpeti
tionedagainstspecialcßljudge
OP Salni's summoning order of
Marchl9, 2013.
In response to their peti
tion, CBI said the court was
empowered to do so under the
criminal procedure code despite
the agency not naming
them as
accused in the chargesheet filed
ter a detailed investigation,
Mittal petitioned against his
MITTAL AND RUIA HAVE
BEEN SUMMONED IN A
M
FROM
2002. MITTAL HEADS
BHARTI WHILE RUIA
lEAOS VODAFONE.
this order to contend that
the
chargesheetwasffledincompliance with the above order, and
that this Hon'ble Court had not
felt the need to proceed against
the petitioner. It is submitted
that the above order cannot
possibly be meant to have
excluded the petitioner from
being added as an accused upon
the satisfaction of the special
judge, and if that is indeed the
understanding of the petitioner,
then the special bench comprising Justice Singhvi and Justice
Radhakrishnan would be best
placed to interpret its own
order;' the CBI affidavit stated.
summoning claiming a special
bench
justice GS Singhvi and
The CBI admitted it could not
find enough evidence against
justice KS Radhakrislman that
Mittalandßuiaduth-igitsproba
However, it added, 'After care-
o
is monitoring the 2G probe had
in
November
2012 asked CBI
to file its chargesheet as per its
director's recommendation to
not name the companies' top
men as accused.
"The petitioner relies upon
fully going through the material
on record, the Hon'ble special
judge has taken judicial notice
against the petitioner and
issued summons to face trial
as accused in the instant case."
Ravi Kant
Backon
Coalgate
Investigation
NEWDELHI
After facing
flak from
theSupreme Court, govern-
ment has re-appointed
senior IPS officer Ravi
Kant in CBI to complete
the probe in the highprofile coal blocks allocation case. Ravi Kant,
a 1998-batch IPS officerofOdisha cadre,will
returnto Intelligence
Bureau after completion of his assignment
"Approval of the competent authority
veyed
is con-
forreappoint-
mentofRavi Kant, PS
as DIGCBlforthe purpose of enquiry and in'iestigation into
allocation of Coal Blocks.
.
tBIàãy. flótpress.chärges
against RajaBhauya
pS BUREAU/Ill
hseR,f' Wnhe %'adi'a'
NEW DE1Hr MAY 29
mob iad gathered which
entered.int'o a scuffle with
him,, while his iellow
CBIisilike1
'joiicemen:
press
any chàrge,against former
Uttar, Pradesh ministef
Raghtiraj
Pratap
Siñgh
4ajaLJhaiyA. in
wbqSb
US
Nnhe1
prtd village head
Yady
were allegedly:
crowd. As the scufilewas:
am Suresh was killed áftef
his',gCul
Vadavssont3abiooThdav
for alIegédly killing jhe
police officet. i
murdered.
H
They said Ajày Pal and':
CBl
Tsald
sources
Vijay Pal, both Sons of
agency js lil'ceiy to file sOon
Kamta Pal, who was hay-'
its ciharge sheet in the violenS and murders which
ing I land dispute wjth
took .place on March 2
Nanit Yadav would be
evening1 bu,t ithas not! booked & his murder. 1
found, any evidence so far
CS! believes that killing
'political
of Nanhe wai the handigains1
the
heavyweight from
the, work of hired shooters;
.
.
made
accused ii, the nurdei of
DSP on the basis Of FIR
tiled by his wife.
The sou.ces said they
had probed the incidnts
regioçt
whq
was,
!! !
tror
all
angles but rut
evidence against
Raja Bhiya in the mur!
tiers of
their conspiracy
has surfaced.
'They said the agency
wpuld file a charge she!t
soon before the competent
court and if it finds any
direct
against
!
eyideñce
!
Raja
Bhaiya it tvduld file a supplémentary charge sheet.'
iThey Iid the agency is
to, book Nnhe
likly
ih
tifleWtlSraJ5d.pa4q1t
aargeshee' iflcoped7
with vidence in Dalipur
village of Pratapgarh Jr
which DSP.ZttlJI 1-laq
allegedly
deserted him, the sburces
said.'
"'
Yadavs biother Suresh,
who gunned him dowqon
accidentalfr
wnt
off. they said.
cor
sotirce
that eñragedb
of' his 'father
-claimed
the killing
abc)
uncle
Sursh, lablôó, who hid a
couptry:niadè 'gun, came
out' of his house' ard shot
LTa'q dead who was being,
'beaten tip by a'mob..,
-The role'of,othersüs'peds brothers of, Nanhe
'?a'da'v and his domestk
help is also under' probe
and they are bing ques-.
tioned by the agency.',
Sources', said'' that
the
After the;ThutderofI gthcy has recoered the,
weapom allegedly, used in.
?adav, Haqhadrpshed to
'the killing ,Haq,' from
the village to control the
C
situation.
he
'The agency has alre'ady
time, he
D.y: 4the2 time,
'approached the site, the ,afrestèd alleged killers of
Yadav Ajay Pal an4 Vijay
news of YadaVs mu rdeç
Pal both sons of Karnti
had spread and a large
March 2
when he ;was
standing aLa tea stall in
Bipnr villag,
tle poiicet and:
police's
the
alleged failUre ía stop the
Pal who ! also a suspect Ii
his murder, they said.
The lal EaSily was hay-.
ins and 'disputç with
NAnhè \'adav's 'fatnily
iich resulted in the vil-
murder.
lage head%murdey; they
crowd gathered 'outside
'his-'h*use
was,
ingry efl the alleged apathy of
protested
When 1-Taq ieàched the
dainiect"
RäviKant. sent bath
to CBI to smpIetèH
coalgate probe
MD BUREAUIPI1
tion
NEW Otlill, MAY29
AFTER facing flak from the
Court,
Suprem&
the
Covernrnent
Itas;
re
appointed senidr H'S officer
Ravi Kant in CBI to corn
plete the pmbeln the high
profile oal blocks alloça
thin case.
-Ravi Kanl a 1998-bitch
IFS officer of Odisha cadre
return,
will
to: the
intelligence Bureau after
completion of his assign
merit
K
of Coal BlOCkS.
IFS wUl be
reverted back to IB,pp cornplefion
of assigned duti
in Cli!," saidt an order
issued yesterday by the
Deparnent of Personnel'
and
Training
(DoFF),
'which acts as nod4l depart'Ravi Kant,
-
,
'Appmvalcifthecompe
lent authority is conveyed
fo reappointment of Ravi
Kant, II'S as DIG CR! for
the purpoce of enquiJy and
iivestigalitn-i nit
alloca
-
ment
for
adrninistrafi*
-
matters of the iiwestigating
agency
The DoPVs directivehas
beep sent ta CBI Director,'
fOrnecessawackiort
While hearing a
cas
klated to coal blockS all
7
cation, the Stiprcme Court
had yzi May 8 asked the
Centre andthe Cli! to take
immediate steps to repatñ'
tate Ravi Kant, who wasthe
investigating officer
multi-crore scAr.
in
the
Nupur says drivei
is 'fake witness'
THE statements of Nupür Thiwar, who Is
being tried for the murders of her daughter
Aarushi and domestic help HemraJ, on
Wednesday revolved around the testimonies
of Dr Rajendra Slngh and Lakzhman Singh.
Nupur told the court that Lakshnian, who
had told the cai court that Rajeshmiwar's
driver Umesh Shanna handed over two golf
clubs to the CBI before him on August 2,
2010, was a 'fake witness' and he was not
present at the scene.
Her statements will continue on Thursday
and are likely to end that day Rajesh was
asked 805 questions during his recording of
Bunty fljagi/G/zaziabc4
his statements.
CBIforced
lab to alter
report Nupur
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Ohaziabad: Statements of
Nupur Thiwar recorded at a
in Ghazlabad
sessions'court
continued on the forensic ex1-Iemraj's blood
amination of
being found on a pifiow case.
While Nupur had told the
court on Tuesday that the in!tin! Sport of the Centre for
DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics
(CDFD)
was cor
AARUSHI CASE
red, on Wednesday she alleged
that
pressured
the
CE! bad
the Hyderabad-
based laboratory tocome out
with
the
correction, three
years later in 2011. She was
asked around 100 questions
during the recording session.
SPR Prasad, a scientist
fr0mCDFD,whowasaskedto
give
evidence
during
the
course of the trial, had said
the
]ab
had received a letter
fromtheCBlaskingforaclar-
ification.
Following
this,
CDFD scientists found the er-
ror that had taken place due
toa problem in the chronology of the items during their
documentation.
CBI wants Anil, Tina Ambani
as witnesses in 2G case
Agency Wants
Them To Clear
Ltd was a front firm of Reliance
ADAG aimed to 'circumvent' the
policy that debarred existing
Air On Swan
players from seeking 2G licences
SmritiSingh
trum allocation case. They
will help in strengthening
was the telecom minister.
If the court allows the CBI
alist Ann Ambani within the
the prosecution case."
With only 25-odd prosecu-
ambitof the 20 scam trial, the
tion witnesses yet to be exam-
move, the deposition of the
Ambanis will be significant
as three top Reliance ADAG
CBI has sought his inclusion
ined
along with wife Tina Ambani
tionallistof witnesses is sure
to prolong the trial process at
that could bring top industri-
as witnesses in the ongoing
trialinaspecialcourt.
Thetwoareamong7Onew
witnesses the Cm wants to
summon in order to "strengthen" its case against the accused
CBI
director
Ranjit
Consultancy Services Co. (P)
Ltd.
allegedly an "associate"
firm of Reliance ADA
The CBI moved the appli-
cation
tinder Section 311 of
the Criminal Procedure Code
New Delhi: In a development
in the scam.
Confirming
the
signatures on
documents attached to the account opening form of AAA
na's
CBI has alleged Swan Telecom Pvt
move,
Sinha
told TO!, "Yes, we have filed
application in the 20
by the court, the addi-
a time when proceedings are
reaching a crucial stage, although the CBI
feels that the
additions are warranted.
CBI's decision indicates
thatthe agency is keen to examine the Ambanis in the
context of their alleged role
or links to Swan Telecom,
executives
-
Gautam Doshi,
before special CBI judge 0 p
Saint. Section 311 gives the
court the power to to summon any person as a witness,
at any stage of any inquiry
trial or other proceedings,
Han Nair and Surendra Pipaeven if the witness was not in
r
the Initial list of witnesses.
Ltd. Swan Telecom and
The CBI move is likely to
its promoters Shahid Usman
Baiwa and Vmod Goenica are
accused inthe case. CBthasalleged Swan
Telecom Private
Ltd was nothing but a front
firm of Reliance ADAG, aimed to "circumvent" the poll-
face stiff opposition fromthe
defence,
which
feels
the
agency is looking to derail
the trial. "This will derail the
trial and shows that CBI has
realized that till now whatever deposition has come there
c
is nothing in the case. So it is
an
oneof thefirmstohavebene-
from seeldng2Glicences.
a desperate attempt to fill la-
court for calling additional
witness, including Anil and
fitted from ifiegalities in the
allocation of 20 telecom Ii-
In February this year, Ha-
cunae
Tina Ambani, in the 2G spec
cences
In 2008 when A Raja
sit Shukla, a CBI witness,
had identified Ann and TI
in prosecution," said
counsel Vijay Aggarwal, appearing for Shahid Balwa.
b-Congress minister grilled in Saradha case
-
RI1SYIK MLJKHERJEE
fore the collape of his Ehit'
fund dotnpany, had given
his interrogatots important
details of the tralisaction
Kolkatd
A fresh twist to the
Saradha scam, the Bid
IN
dhannagar
cops
-on
Wednesday grilled Assaln
mediabaron Matang Singji.
departnient
Detective
(DD) officers had sum
moned the ex-Congress MV
andformer,ninisterincon
he saleof a
channel Saradha
-
here to support
the DD iii its probe because
the Saradha Grouj
has
cheated the poor peop'le of
Bengal. Its owner shouldbe
taught aleson," he said
while leaving. Meanwhile,
Alipor.e
the
Court
oh
the L*e police statioh fol
lowing a complaint from a
femaleagent of Saradha. Be
sides, more complaints had
cqme to surface at Parnashree, Behala and Bkowa
nipore ift the wake of the
group's collapse, sources in
dicated. Sen and Mukheijee
vestigation (CBI).
Wednesday
wereproducedincourt.
Deputy commissipnerof
police (DD) Arnab-Ghosh
Kolkata
relating to the sale, sources
said. Also, just days befor'e
his arresf, he had named
Singh in his explosive letter
to the Central Bureau of In
rtheentire epispde.
J came
granted
Police two
weeks'
nection with
was the first to quiz Singh.
news
followed by police
commissioner RajivKurnar
who grilled him for over,
one and a half hours. 'While
rector
leaving, SinghblatnedSn
custody based on a case at
Group owner Sudipta Sen
" had bought from him.
Sen who had bought the
channel a few months bp
4
He was
.
-
Mukheijee's
custody of Saradha Group
chairman and managing di:
Senand his aide De
bjani-Mukheijee
The
city
1
-
7
police
had
mpved court, seeking their
-
,
lawyr
Anirbah Guha Thakurata
said, 'We prayed for their
bail which were rejected.
They were sent
to police
"custody till June 11.'
-
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mydigitalfc.com
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Ravi Kant back in CBIfor
Coalgate probe
facing flak from the Supreme
Court, the government has
reappointed senior IPS officer
Ravi Kant in CBI to complete
the probe in the high-profile
coal blocks allocation case.
Ravi Kant, a 1998-batch IPS
officer of Odisha cadre, will
return to the Intelligence
Bureau after completion of his
assignment
CBI to
probe IB officer in
Ishrat case
summoned top Central
Intelligence Bureau officer,
Rajinder Kumar, for
interrogation in
connection with the
Ishratiahan fake
encounter case.
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may not presscharges againSt Raja Bhaiya
trust of India
p
DEWI, 29 MAY: The CBI Is
:*not likely to pre any charge
; against former Uuar Pradesh min
SerRaunj Pratap Singh alias
;Raja Bhalya in Its chargesheet in
:otmection with
violence
In
;iptir village of Pratapgarh In
"4iidi DSP ZIaUl Haq and village
Chead Nanhe idav weit allegedly
murdered.
CBI sources said the
agency is
likely to file soon Its charge sheet
In the violence and murders
£.jwhlch took place on 2 Math
:thig hut
it has not
found any
al heavwdght fiticn the regIon
was made an accused in the
nurderof [ASP on thebasis of FiR
lijcd by his wife.
The sources said they had
'prthed the Incidents froinaU
angles but no direct evidence
against Ra Bbaiya In the mur
den or their conspftacy has stirfaced.
They said the agency
would file a charge sheet soon
before the competent court and if
It finds any evidence against Baja
Bhaiya it would flue a supplemen.
tatgt
They said the igency Is likely to
book Nanhe idaVs son Bahloo
dav for allegedly killing the
police officer.
TheysaidAjayPaland\9jayM,
both sons of Kamta Pal, who had
a land dispute with Nanhe ftdav
would be booked for his mutt.
The CBI believes that the killing
of Nanhe was the handiwork of
hired shooters who gunned him
down on 2 March when he was
standing at a tea stall In Balipur
After the murder oflidav, Haq
had rushed a the village to con
trol the situation.
By the time he approached the
site, the news of Y'daVs murder
had spread and a large crowd
gathered outside his house which
w angry at the alleged apathy of
the police and protested the
police's alleged
ilure to stop the
murder. 1ien Haq reached the
house of Nanhe dav, a mob had
gathered which entered intd a
scuffle dth him while his fellow
policemen allegedly
deserted
him, the sources said.
dth bmther Sur
who
armed with a rifle, was also
w
part of the crowd. As the scuffle
won,Sureshwaskilledafterhjs
gun accidentally went o11 they
said. CBI sources claimed that
enraged by the killing ofhis father
and uncle Suresh, Babloo, who
had a country-made gun, came
out of his house and shot Jlaq
dead who wasbeing beaten up
a mob. The mie of other suspects
the brothers of ?tüihe \hdav
and his domestic help
Is also
under probe and they are being
-
the agency.
Sources said that the agency has
recovered the weapon allegedly
used to kill Haq, from Bahloo.
The agency has already arrested the alleged killeçs ofltdav
Ajay Pal and V
both sons
jay Pal
of Kamia Pal who is also a suspect
questioned
by
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which resulted In, the village
head's munleç they tlauned
The cise was handed over to
the CBI on a request of the slain
DSP's wife J'arveen And who
accused Raghuraj Pratap Singb of
having a role in the murder ofher
husband. She had also filed an
FIR in this regard naming Itaja
Bhaiya and his dce aides in the
murder.
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necessaly
"in the interest of justice
tobringoutbuñedtruths".
According to the petitioner,
petit/on on,
Rajiv killing
ADMlTflNGaPlLseekingrein-
the chief investigator
vestigation into the assassination of
for
Rajiv Gandhi, the Madras High
Court Wednesdayissuednoticesto
revealed in a recent interviewto a
Thmil news channelthat the video
the Ministry of External Affairs,
clippings and recorded tapescon-
CDI and
re-probe
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of the Cm
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nected
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superintendentof police, was part
of the SIT that was put together a
day after Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated
in a bombblast at an election rally at Sriperumbudur near
Chennaion May 21, 1991.
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no tangibleproof that Sri Lankan
over to the Special Investigation
rebel force, LTFE, was behind
Tham.
assassination, Santhakumaresan
Ragothaman, then a deputy
claimed in his petition.
the
20 case: CBI opposes Mittal, Ruia plea
UrKARSH ANAND
Filing
NEW DEUJI, MAY29
its
affidavits on
Wednesday, the CU! said that
Ltd asperthe doctrineof 'alter
ego' and of "directing mined
Special Judge and explain as
to why they should not be
the trial court had taken cognizance of the of
ences men-
act
tionedin
tage given to the said accused
company, pursuant to the said
on charge, will have every
judge, the CBI has urged the
than
conspiracy has been attributed
right and occasion to defend
Supreme Court not to inter-
tion
Penal Code and Prevenof Corruption Act onlyaf-
to him," stated the affidavit.
theft cases
fere with the coercive orders
against Sunil Bharti Mittal,
CMD ofBhartiAirtel, and Es-
tercarefullygoingthroughthe
Reiterating its demand to
send the petitions by Mittal
not require to intervene at this
RELYING on the legal authoiity
and thecareflil scrutiny
of evidence by the
trial court
sar Group promoter Ravi
Ruia, and dismiss their appeals. The duo have challengedthe
summoning orders
by the 2G trial court in a corruption
case linked to alloca-
additional 20
trum in 2002.
tion
of
spec-
the chargesheet and
issued summons underthe In-
FIR, chargesheet, statements
will" and vice-versa the
i.e. undue pecuniaiy advan-
and
ofwitnesses and documents
and also after application of
and
judicial mind.
ing
is further submitted
that the culpability and act of
2G case, the CBI
"It
the petitioner (Mittal) based
on the material on record has
Ruia to the same SC
bench that has been monitorthe investigations into the
made accused.
It
added
that
Mittal and
Ruia, during the arguments
and hence SC
did
stage. In the affidavits, the
agency also
lent
reliance on
some previousjudgementsby
the impugnedorder was based
apex court, holding that
directors of a company
may be made accused upon
stated that
the
the
on detailed materials placed
prima facie satisfaction that
they are at the helm of affairs
beenattributed to the accused
before the trial court and it
would be "most appropriate"
companyM/s Bharti
for the duo to approach the
mits a crinilnalact.
Cellular
when a corporate entitycom-
CBI to quiz senior IPS officer from, IB
AGE
CORRESPONDENT
The CBI, whlch is probmj
th
Ishrat
.Jahan
encchnter, case, will soon
questiona senior'lPS officer who currently posted
willi
Jntellig«nce
the
Bureau (IB) In conneetion
with the case..
.Sonrces in the agency
confirmed ftatthe CBI has
issucd a sununon to the
IFS officer in this regant.
Ishrat Jahaii aM tbree
others
Pranesh Pilal
alias ‚Javed Sheikh, Amjad
-
All Rana
Johar
and
vere
dpwn by the Gujarat erime
police
near
that
branch
NEW DELHI, MAV 29
Zeeshan
gunned
I{otarpur on the outskirfs
of Ahmedabad an Jime 15,
-
2004.
"Immediately after the
Güjarat police
tcounter,
"
bad claimed
that
the
(Ishrät and her friends)
were an a mission to kill
the chief
minister
af
Gujarat Narendra Modi.
The state police liad also
clailneA
that they
had
intelligenie inputs from
the central agency about
Islirat and her friends",
sourcos sa!d. The CB iS
" probing the authenticjty of
Ishrat Jahan
k
the
inputs
given
to the
state polic, sources saH
addihg this is the redson
-
the agency sleuths
question
the
want to
senior IB officer.
howevQr,
Sources,
refused
to divulge the
name of the B officer tho
wffl be questioned in connectibn
with the 'case.
"Probe by the Clii has
revealcd
that
already
Ishrat and her friends hat!
No links with the terrorists. Probe has also estab
lishet! that the Mutnbaibased teenager and her
three 'other friends dill not
fire even a single bullet on
Gujarat cops at the time of
encounter on ‚Juno
2004", sources said.
-
15,
The CBI has already Ieglega case against 20
picemen of Gujarat In
jstered
3aban
Ishrat
encounter case, and also
scrutintsecl the forensic
forensie
tbc mdreports related to tbe
Special
clent.
" The
.Jnvestlgatidn Team (SIT),
constituted by the Gujarat
high court in 2010 ui
vi probe
the allegations of fake
encounter, in its report
hac! also maintained that
the encountcr was staged
by the Gujarat Police. The
CRI also scrutinised the
CR1
post-niortem report of Hie
people kIlled
kllled in the 6lleged
enconnter", sources said.
the.
OFFICER BACK IN CBI
PROBE COAL ScAM
TO
AGE
CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, MAY
29
fle department of personnel and
training (DQFF) has re-appointed
senior WS officer Ravi Kant in the
-
the probe in the
high-profile coal blocks aliocation
case foUowing the recent direction
of the Supreme Court. Ravi Kant, a
1998-batch JPS officer of Orissa
OB! to complete
cadre, wffl return to Intelligence
Bureau after completion of his
assigrwnent "Approvalofthe competent
authority is conveyed for re-.
appointment of Ravi Kant, IFS as
DIG CBI, for the purpose of enquiry
and investigation lnto ailocation ot
coal blocks. MrKant wfflbe revert;
cd back to the IB on completlon of
assigned duties In CBI," said an
order issued by the Dofl. The Dofl
acts as nodal department for administrative matten of the agency.
ishrat case: CBI summons
senior IB officer far quizzing
MANAS DASGUPTA
Director General Of
Shreekumar,
RB
AIIMEDABAD, MAY 29
The
Central
Investigation
Bureau
(CBI)
the state police of possible "terror attacks" on
Chief Minister Narendra
ing
Modi, then Deputy Prime
Minister
LX
Advani
and
some leaders of the Vishwa
Hindu Parishad by the Pak-
istan-based
Toiba outfit.
Lashkar-e
On the frail
of the Ishrat
Jahan case, Shabbir Jamal,
the brother of Sadiq Jamal,
who too was killed allegedin
ly
another
"fake
commissioner of Vadodara,
the
metropolitan court
inet, have expressed
doubts
on the authenticity of intel-
inputs "generated"
ligence
by Rajendra
As
were killed In Ahmedabad in 2004.— File photo
GENERATED 'FAKE' INTEL INPUTS
Rajendra
Kumar was
and2oos as
the
posted in Gujarat
head
of
the
lB in
of
the
-
-
wanted
further
terrorist
to
est
and
facilitate
IPS
including former Additional
as
a
""encounter4cilling".
Many isenior and retired
officers
Jaspal Singh
Court-appointed
Special
Investigation team probing
sUggest to the state police
"conspiracy" by Rajendra
him
Long ago,
had written to the Supreme
Kumar, as he was the first to
Kumar to
paint
pointed out.
his
skirts of
Jamal
Hindu fanatic
groups too were creating
havoc then," Shreekumar
subsequent
Mehtar as a "terrorist" and
Sadiq
JB
2002
communal riots cases in the
state to examine Rajendra
killing of his brother in January, 2003, alscr on the out-
of
of
inputs" were
some of the gruesome
investigation into the allegation
the
almost of identical in nature
expressing threat to the
lives of Modi and others
from across
the border.
lims though
On the basis of such lB inputs, the police had tried to
lustify" the encounter killings of lshrat Jahan, Sadiq
Jamal and others
petition
"lB
all
inputs were against Mus-
the state
VHP by Lashkar-e-Toiba
by
"Interestingly, all the
between 2001
He is alleged to have generated lake" intelligence inputs
cautioning the state police of possible lerror attacks" on
CM Narendra Modi, then Deputy PM LX Advani and
some leaders
out
IPS officers,
the then
The CBl Is probing the fake encounter in
which 19-year-old
Ishrat, Javed Sheikh, Amjad All Rana and Zeeshan Johar
Kumar.
pointed
retired
today demanding a fresh
inquiry into the encounter
Ahmedabad. The
became a minister
Keshubhai Patel cab-
who later
in the
encounter", tiled a petition
in
Singh, a former police
pal
summoned
intelligence inputs caution-
the
police-turned politician Jas-
of
has
a senior IPS
officer from the Tntelligence
Bureau for questioning in
connection with the Ishrat
Jahan fake encounter case.
Rajendra Ku mar was posted in Gujarat between 2001
and 2005 as the head
of the
lB in the state and is alleged
to have generatefl "fake"
Police
and
in
the state,
then that the Godhra train
burning was possibly a 'tter-
ror
act"
executed by Pak-
istani spy
agency
ISI.
Ravi Kant back in
Coalgate probe
OUR CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI: After facing flak from
the Supreme Court, government has reappointed
CBI to
senior IPS oflicer Ravi Kant
in
complete the probe in the high-pro-
file coal blocks allocation case. Ravi Kant,
a 1998-batchIPS officer of Odisha cadre,
will return
pletion
to Intelligence Bureauafter com-
of his assignment. 'Approval of the
competent authority is conveyed for reap-
of Ravi Kant, IPS as DIG CBI
for the purpose of enquiry and investigation
pointment
into
allocation of coal blocks: the officials
said. 'Ravi Kant will be reverted back to JB
on completion of assigned duties in CBI
said an order issued Tuesday.
Turn to PG7
Coalgate: After SC rap, govt re-appoints
Ravi Kant in CBI to complete invesfigation
OUR CORRESPONDENT
order issued yesterday by
the Department of Person-
NEW DELL«: After fac
ne!
Ing flak from the Supreme
which acts as nodal department for administrative
Court, government has reappointed
senior IPS offleer Ravi Kant in CBI to
complete the probe in the
high-proflle coal blocks
allocation case.
Rat Kant, a 1998-batch
IPS officer ofOdisha cadre,
will
return to Jntelligence
Büreau after completion of
his assignment.
'Approval of the competent authority isconveyed
for reappointment ofRat
Kant, IPS as DIG CBJ for
the purpose of enquiry and
an Training
(DoPT),
matters of the investigat-
ing agency.
'The DoPTs directive
has been sent to CBI Direc-
tor for necessary action.
While hearing a case
"
re!ated to coal blocks abcation, the Supreme Court
had on 8 May asked the
abocation cam.
He was sent to Jntelli
IB on
(DIG) from superintendent
of assigned
ofpolice (SP). 'The CBI had,
however, said the officerhad
said an
immediate steps
to repatriate
the IPS officer
who was
investigating
L:
coal scam
agency and left because oft
'familyreasons' even though
he was given an extension»L
be reverted back to
CBI
take'Y
comp!eted his tenure in the1
as
in
and CRI to
Ravi Kant, who was
the investigating officer in
the mu!ti-crore cQal blocks
triate
tion of coalblocks; the ofilcials said. 'Ravi Kant will
duties
hadonBMay\±
asked the Centre
Centre and the CBI to take
immediate steps t
repa
investigation into alloca-
completion
Supreme Court
gence Bureau on promotion
deputy inspector general
CBI has so far registered 11
in the coal blocks allo
FIRs
cation
scain.
'nie Supreme
Court had also rapped th
CBI for sharing its draft sta
tus report with the then
minister
-
!awH
Ashwani Kuniar
CBI to quiz senior IB officer in
lshrat Jahan encounter case
NEW DELl!!:
CBI will soon
question a senior officer ofthe Intelligence
Bureau in the Ishrat Jahan encounter
case regarding the input issued on the
threat to life ofchief ministerNarendra
Modi in 2004 whichresulted in killing
of the teenager. CBI sources said the
role of the officer who was posted in
State Intelligence Bureau in 2004 had
come under the scanner of the agency
for the alleged fake input that Modi was
on the target of LeT mffitants.
They said the agency is now planning to question the officer as witness
with the probe and asked
hirn to join the probe.
The CBI has also analyse<! intelli
in connection
Sources soicl the agency is
now planning to question the
officer
as witness
in
connection with probe and
would ask hirn to ioin probe
gence inputgenerated from the IB here
cautioning the state police about LeT's
planto attack BJP leaders L IC Advani,
Narendra Modiand VIII' leader Praveen
Togadia, they said. The sources, who
refizsed to give the name of the IB officer, said people who were handling VJP
security wing of the snooping agency
will be examined to understand the
basis of the alert issued in 2004.
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The Central Bureau of
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CMD Sunhl MIttal and Essar
Group promoter Ravi Rula, on
Wednesday pleaded with the
Supreme Court not to quash
the trial courts order making
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allocation scam during the
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Ravi Kant sent back to CBI
tocompletè coalgate probe
29 MAY; After facing flak front the
Supreme Court, the government has re-appoint-
NEW DELHI,
ed
senior ItS
officer
Eavi Kant
in
the
CBI"to
complete the probe in the hig-pmffie coal blocks
allocation case.
Mr Ravi Kant, a 1998-batch IFS offic&bf
Odisha cadre, will return to the Intelligetjce
Bureau after completion of his assignment
"Approval of the competent authority is conveyed for reappointment of Mr Ravi Kant, IFS as
DIG CBI for the purpose of enquiry and investigation into allocation of Col Blocks," stat&l'an
order issued yesterday by the Departmetit 'of
Personnel and Training (Dofl), which acti'as
nodal department for administrative matters of
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