CBI rejects bail
court
plea of Chennai RoC
Chennal: A Central Bureau of Investiga-
tion (CBI) court on
Monday rejected the
bail plea of Manu Neethi Cholan, regis-
trar of companies
(ROC), Chennai, who
was arrested on 26 Augustforallegedly
taking a bribe of
1O lakh
from industri-
alist M.A.M. Ramaswamy.
The CRI will keep Cholan in its custody
from 3 September afternoon for
threedays.
S. BRIDGET LEENA
Tejinder Singhs bail
plea dismissed
New Delh: Retired lieutenant-general
Tejinder Singh was on Monday sent to
jail by a Delhi court which denied him
bail in a case ofalleged bribe offer to
then army
chief general
V.K. Singh for
clearing a Tatra vehicles file, saying no
mercy' should be shown only
because
he was not arrested during the probe.
Special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation)judge
Madhu Jam
dismissed
the bail plea flied by Tejinder Singh,
observing that law ofthe land should be
equalforall. PTI"
fSDER SINOH HELD
IM TATRA TRUCK GASE
[i!
Ori July 15, the CBI fIIed a chargesheet
against Tejinder Singh
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Press Trust of Indla
NEW DELHI: Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh was
arrested an Monday after a Delhi court dismissed his ball plea in conneetion with allegations that
he had offered
14 crore bribe
to the thea Army Chief Gen V K 8 ingh für
clearing a tranche of "sah-standard" Tatra
trucks für the army.
The CBI special judge rejected Tujinder
Singh'sbailapplicationand sent hirn tojudi-
cial custody
appeared
till October 20. Tej Inder Singh
ja the
court following summons
issued on August 28.
The court, wink taking cognizance of
the chargesheet against hirn, relied upon
the statement of prosecution witnesses,
formerdefence ministerAKAntony Gen VI<
Singh aM others. lt said there was sufficient
evidence to take cognizance of the offence.
Barlier, Antony had adrnitted that Gen VI<
Singh had inforrned hirn about the bribe
olTered by Tejinder Singh, the CBI said. On
July 15, the CBI flled a chargesheet against
Tej Inder Singh.
Tatra deal Tejinder Singh
arrested bail plea rejected
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Lt Gen aécused of bid
to bribe V X Singh held
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Retired Lieuten
ant General Thjinder Singh,
accused of offering aRsl4
crore bribe to then Army
chief VKSinghforclearinga
tranche
of "sub-standard"
Tatra trucks, was arrested
on Monday after a trial court
rejectedhisbailplea.
Special Central Bureau of
Investigation
(CDI) judge
MadhuJaindismissedTejin.
der Singh's bail application
and sent him to judicial cus
todytillOctober2o,
'Take him into custody"
the judge said, adding that
Singh should not be shown
mercy merely because of his
rank and
probe
the fact that the
agency did not arrest
him while it was conducting
investigations.
judge
The
INSTANT RECALL
should be shown to a person
who offered a bribe of Rs 14
Lt-Gen Tejinder Singh
crorejustbecause the person
accused of bftering ex-Army
retired as aLt General. "This
is not a small offence," the
> Retd
chief VK Singh
bribe at
14crore
his South Block
Sept 22,2010 for
clearing files on acquisition
ffi
of 1,676 Tatra vehicles
>File was pending before
Gen
Sinüh who felt projected
requirement was inflated
'Singh dismissed Tejinder,
informed defence minister
prosecutor added.
JudgeMadhujainagreed
with Sharma. "In my view,
the submission of the senior
public
prosecutor
be equal for all and if a per
son who commits a theft of
Rs 1,000 is sent to jail under
provisions of law without
any mercy
fixed October2o for scrutiny
of
documents
and argu
ments inthe case.
Senior public prosecutor
bears
force. The lawof land should
then a person
holdingtherankof LtGeneral in the Indian Army.., not
be shown any mercy by the
courtmerelyforreasonsthat
VK Sharma opposed Singh's
bail plea, saying the law of
the investigation agency did
not arrest him dui'ing inves-
the land is equal for all and if
a petty thief is sent to jail for
stealing Rs 200, no leniency
tigations," the court said.
p-Continued on
Pl
Tejinder gets copy
of chatgesheet
Continued from P1
I) etired Lt-Gen Tejinder Singh was arrestI\ed on Monday even though his counsel
pleaded for his bail saying that he was not
arrested during investigation and fully cooperated in the probe. Meanwhile, the CRI
also sdpplied a copy of the chargesheet and
other documents to Singh, who appeared in
the courtfollowing summons.
The court had taken cognizance of the
chargesheet on August2B.
In the chargesheet, the agency alleged
that inAugust-September2olo, thefileonpro-
-
curement of
1,676 Tatra vehicles
before then Army chief V
nior minister of external
was pending
X Singh, now a ju-
affairs and northeast region. Singh was not convinced about
the total projected requirement of vehicles
and felt it had been inflated. According to the
CRI, Tejinder met the General in his South
Blobk office on September 22, 2010, and duringthe tneeting,ailegedly offeredabribeofßs
14 crore for clearing the Tatra file by the first
week of October. An infuriated V X Singh
asked Tej inder to leave his office and immediately
informed then defenceministerA KAnincident, it said.
tony about the
CBI status report
on graft case
against Virbhadra
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
HG admits
cops"
pith for GBI reply
TIMES NEWS NrwoRx
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday admitted a plea of 14 suspended Uttaralthand cops,
who have challenged their conviction and life imkilling a 22-year-old MBA student
prisonmentfor
in a fake encounter in Dehradun in 2009.
A trial court had on June 9 awarded life imprisonment to 17 Uttarakhand policemen for the murder of Ranbir Singh on July
3,2009.
A bench of justices SRavindra Bhat and Vipin
Sanghi issued notice to CBI and sought its reply
within 12 weeks on the appeals and bail pleas otl4
of the 18 convicted policemen.
The appeals of the remaining convicts, including
Jaspal
Singh
U'KHAND FAKEGosain, who
acquitted
ENCOUNTER
was
c onspircharges but convicted for framing incorrect
record with an intention to save a person from
punishment (section 218 IPC), are pending before
acy
another bench of the high court.
ThebenchfurtherdjrectedcBl tofile achart of
the roles assigned to each of the appellant-con-
victs in the
chargesheet and the relative findings
of the trial court. The bench was also of the view
that since most of them hd obtained bail at some
point in thetrialproceedings, "thereappearstobe
no groundfor suspension of sentence".
In their appeal, the cops have claimed that the
encounter was genuine. They alleged that the victim,RanbirSingh,hadgonetoDehradunwithtwo
others to commit dacoity.
-
Saradha scam ED questions
Rathikanta Basu
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
CVC refuses to give vigilance
nod tO top PSB appOintments
ED
appointments
S eeks GovtThe
have seen 'back and forth'
"communication
CI an
ica lOfl
On Names
TIMES NEWS NErwoek
to
grant
ments. While RBI governor is
the head of the appointment
theentire process has been es
calated to the ministry level,
board that selects chiefs for
The CVC has written to
the Department of Financial
secretary processes the pa
pers for the appointments
the administra:
tive ministry for PSU banks
committee of the cabinet.
Services
New Delhi: The Cent,ral Vig
Ilance Commission has
fused
between
CVC and the banks, and now
vram Rajan, asking them to
the recent appoint
review
-
re
vigilance
banks, the cabinet
The finance minister is
believed to have asked them
to look at some of appoint-
'
clearance to thelatest
state-run
list of
those recommended to the
post of executivedirectors in
SCANDAL FALLOUT
public sector banks, untilthe
government clarifies its po
sition on the names,
—asking it to clarify about
its stand on the selection of
new EDs. The CVC has cited
into the Syndicate Bank loan
Sources said the CVC has
newspaper reports that said
scandal, in which it arrested
bank'sCMD SKJàin, Bhushan
asked
the
government
to
clarify if it endorses the lat
est list of candidates. The
move comes on the back of
concerns about irregulari
ties
in
top
level
ments to PSU banks
"
the finance ministry has de
cided to take a relook at the
recent appointments of
se
nior level PSU executives,
ments processed during UPA's last weeks that appeared
to be lackingtransparency.
Jaitley'sletterwas prompted by CBI findings in its probe
Steel's vice chairman Neera]
Singalandsomeothers.
Arun
CBlchief Ranjit Sinha told
the finance ministry that the
appoint.
Jaitley had recently written
agency has noted irregulari-
after the
to
ties in senior level
Syndicatellank scandal.
Finance
cabinet
minister
secretary
Sethandßfll
Ajith
çnor Ragh
appoint
mentsduringtheprobe.
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Closed For Business
When SC rules on coal or when CBI investigates
hotel sale, they must not go back
on old decisions
Uncertainty
has a corrosive impact
on economic activity It does not
seem prudent to build a newfactory or buy a home when the future
is
uncertain. In the process, fewerjobs get created
and society hurts.
India's economic and social hardships on account of uncertainty
over the
last few years are largely
self-created.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi asked the
Supreme Court yesterday
notto cancel allocation of about4o coalminesthat
are either operationalor
on the verge of it. India's power plants and banks,
among others, have been
held hostage to a series of mistakes
made by successive governments
over
four decades. Bad ideas actualised through
poorly drafted laws and made
through
worse
opaque allocation of coal blocks threaten to undermine
a
fragileeconomic recovery Bad
as these things are, what'sworse is ourtendency to arbitrarily go back in
time to set things right. It could be tax laws
amended retrospectively
or allocations cancelled after decades. Collateral
damage on account of some
decisions is seldom considered, However, the
economic cost of time travelhas to be borne by
citizens.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI),
the government's premier investigating
agency, adds to uncertainty Finance minister Awn Jaitley
criticised it sharply for exhuming
a disinvestment case that's more than a
decade old, with respect to the sale
of Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel in Udaipur.
CBlappears to specialise in
sending afrightthroughbureaucracy,based
on
faulty understanding of economic legislation.
A first-rate investigating
agency is in India's interest. However,
given CBI's patchy conviction record
inhigh-profile economic
cases, there is good reasonto wonder if theagency
extracts alargeeconomjc cost. Seif-intlicteduncertainty
Is an easilyavoidable
problem, Itjust needs the exercise of
common sense.
Virbhadra gnift
case: CBI files
status report
TRIBUNE NEws SnivicE
Tatra case Tejinder
Singh sent to jail
2G infoleak
CBlbegins
probe to uncover mole
Counter arguments ready
Bail for two
policemen in
Badaun case
Tejinder Singh arrested
in Tatra deal case
Was rule of bw
followed in coal
blocks olbocalion
Court asks CBI
OUR
CORRESPONDINT
CBI begins intemal probe
into leakage of documents
'U'KHANO FAX
7
ENCOUNTER: HC
NOTICE TO CBI
NEW DEIHI: The Delhi High Court
on Monday sought the CRI's
response on the pleas of 14 suspended
Uttaraichand cops, who
have challenged their conviction
andlifeimprisonmentthrlcJga
fl-year-old MBA student in ake
encounter in Dehradun in 2009.
A trial court on June 9 had
awarded life imprisonment to
17 Uttarakhand policemen for
the murder of Ranbir Singh
on
July 3,2009. Oie policeman was
acquitted of charges of murder
and conspiracy but was convicted for falsifying records.
Abenchof Justices Ravindra
Bhat and Justice Vipin Sanghi
has given the CBI 12 weeks to
file a reply
The CRI was also directed to
file a chart of the roles assigned
to each of the appellant-convicts
in the charge sheet and the relative findings of the trial court.
The cops in their appeal have
alleged that Ranbir Singh, a resident of Ohaziabad, had gone to
Dehradun with two others for
dacoity and had also snatched
the service revolver of one of
the policemen, all of whom were
on security duty
HTC
Tejinder Singh arrested in Tatra bribery case 9
Avantika Mebta
"wan
karh
NEW DELHI: Retired Lt-General
Tejinder Singh was arrested
inside a courtroom in Delhi's
1,676 Tutra all"terrain vehicles in
September2olo.
ately filed an appeal against the
court's order in Delhi high court.
While the accused argued
that he should be allowed bail
as he had proved he was not a
Thematterwaslistedforhir.g
fflght-riskbynotabscondjngdur.
ted that the allegations were an
attempt at political assassination. Meanwhile, Senior Public
Prosecutor VK Sharma argued
that the court needed to treat
Patiala House court on Monday
after a special court dismissed
ing the CBI's investigation, spe
cial judge Madhu ,Jainrefused to
his bail application. He had been
nccusedofattemptthgtobribethe
show leniency
then army chief VK Singh with
l4 crore to get him to clear the
The court has sent Tejinder
Singh to judicial custody, and
fixed October2o for arguments
files regarding procurement of
of charge, The accused immedi
on Tuesday
Thjinder'scouiseJalsosubj.
Tsjinder as it would any ordinary citi2en Involved in nefari-
ous activities.
" blinder Siniih
'V
SARADHA SCAM
(T1'jr
9Thr&c'
:')
N Trinamool
chief Mamata Banerjee was then railway minister.
PTI FILE
Group had business
links with IRCTC: CBI
HI ColTespondent
the
Saradha chief
Sudipta Sen's
bonhomie with the TMC has been
asubjectof apolitical blame game
multi-billion rupee Saradha chit
in Bengal over the last two yen
Fbrmer state railways minister
fund scam has taken a new twist
with the discovery of the group's
Adhir Chowdhury said the matter did not come to light during
businesslinlcswiththelndianrail
his stint at the ministry "GB!
should probe the matter in detail
KOLKAIk Theinvestigation into the
-
ways at a time when the ministry
was under Trinamool Congress
chief Mamata Banerje
CBI officers have stumbled
and grill Baneijee if necossaryNo
one can rule out hertendencies to
veurtheSaradhagroup,"hesaid.
upon information that Saradha
"TMC's links with the Saradha
Thurs and Travels were made offi
cial partners of the IRGTC in the
railways' package tour of South
group is not new! hope the truth
India, under the Bharat Teertha
efited from the scam," said Babul
scheme intrcduced by then railway
minister Mamataflanexjeeinher
Supriyo, singeMurned-BJP MR
The Saradha scam investiga-
2010-11 budget.
tiou has been
Sources said the firm, estab
lished in 2tX)7, conducted three 14
night! 15 day tours. "It is surprifr
ing how Saradha could bag such a
contract without any strings being
pulled," said a sleuth.
The junior railway minister,
about the scam will come out in the
probe and people findout who ben
-
virtually knocking
at the TMC's door for'some time
especially with the grilling of
Bapi Karim, former confidential
assistant of transport minister
MadanMitra, and former
Rajat Majumda
topcop
who hid acted
as TMC's observe? for Birbhum
howevet prefentd not to comment
duringthe Lok Sabha elections.
on the matter. "GB! is probing it.
Fm surenone of the culprits would
be spared," Manoj Sinha, minis'
Mitra has already lashed out at
the GB! for conducting the probe
inapolitica]ly vindictive manner.
ter of state for railways, said on
Monday in Kolkata.
Banerjee, too, has hinted at a pos
sible conspiracy by the GB! and
This revelation may trigger
a fresh round of controversy as
'itspoliticalmasters'tomalignthe
Trinamool Congress.
CBI files final status report
against Himachal CM
NEW DELHI: The CBI on
Monday filed its final status
report in the Delhi high court
on its probe into allegations of
graft, money laundering and
forgery
against Himachal
Pradesh chief minister
Virbhadra Singh, during his
earlier tenure as CM and
Union minister. After the final
status report was filed, the
HC directed Singh to submit
his affidavit in the court. The
HC will hear the arguments in
the case on
September
10.
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Awayward path
01 should be held accountable for errors
ast week, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was forced
to
two high-profile investigations. One Was related to oal block
Lclose
the
allocations, against the industrialist Kumar Mangalam
Birla and the
retired bureaucrat PC Parakh. The other was related to approval for
MCX-SX stock exchange, and was against the former head of theSecurities
and Exchange Board of India, C B Bhave, and
a member of
4ard,
the
X M
Abraham. In both cases, the CRI was forced to admit there was no priminality in the decisions taken. The CBI should have learned its
lessons from this
humiliation. Instead, it seems to feel that it did nothing whatsoever wfrong. This
is the only conclusion that can be drawn from the
fact that at the üame time
as withdrawing these two investigations, it filed
a First Informatibn Report
(FIR) naming former
disinvestment secretary Pradeep Baijal in an nvestigadon into the disinvestment of a hotel in Udaipur as many as 12 yearè ago. This
is worrying. The CRI seems to think it is not accountable for its
errors; it needs
to learn that it is. The government should take steps to hold it acdountable,
beginning with the removal of CRI Director Ranjit Sinha.
Inclosing investigations against Mr Parakh
and Mr Birla, the CBI has had
to admit the truth of the point made by both gentlemen from day dne
and
made uncharacteristically forcefully, too,
by then prime minister Manmohan
-
Singh, whoheld the coal portfolio for much ofthe
relevant time. Sinilarly, the
CRI has been forced to admit that Mr Rhave and
inal
-
Mr Abraham did nothing crim-
though the agency, in what can only be seen as an attempt to
aye
face, urged the finance nilnistry
to investigate "irregularities" in the
some
egulators'
decisions. In each of these cases, policy or administrative decisiond had
been
taken transparently, with the claims on how they were in the
national interest clearly stated at the time and subsequently. But instead of realising
that
investigations into such
decisions should be undertaken with greatdr care, the
CRI has instead named Mr Baijal in
an FIR. The agency claims thai the hotel
being privatised, the Laxmi Vilas, was undervalued,
since it was sold at t7.S
crore when the value of the land was at least ISO crore. This logic,
course,
kf
i
makes
the
problematic assumption that
to demolish a protected
the
the purchaser would have een able
heritage structure,built in i9ii, in order tomonetise
land.
It is vital that the CRI not remain, as it allegedly
was for many yethif s, a political instrument of the party in power in NewDelhi. But in seeking greater Independencefor its actions, it
must not be rendered unaccountable. Indreasingly,
it appears that it is, under its current leadership, striking
out without due
thought to the legal, moral and economic
consequences of its decisions. Mr
Parakh and Mr Baijal retired in 2005 and 2006; to chase
them dowi for decisions taken transparently and with political backing only adds to thelikelihood
of
administrative paralysis. Clearly,
the CRI
intends to persist on ths dangerof the CBI's acdusations?
ous path. Who will be held to account for the victims
For the damage to
the economy?
The CBI must be
held responsible
(BI
launches internal
probe to find mole
BSREPORTER
NewDeihi
A day before a hearing in the
Supreme Court on a case
"
related to the 2G telecom
spectrum scam, the central'
Bureau of Investigation on
Monday launched an Internal
probe to ascertain
which
officershad allegedly leaked
classified documents. The
Investigation followed activist
Prashant Bhushan alleging
before the
SC that Cm
Director
Ranjit Sinha was acting to
delay the ongoing trial In the
politically-charged case,
TATRATRUCK DEAL CASE
Tejinder arrested, moves HCfor
bail; plea to be heard today
Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh on Monday moved the
Delhi High Court seeking bail, soon after a trial court
rejected his plea for reliefand he was arrested for
allegedly offeringfl4 crore bribe to then Army Chief
Gen V X Singh for clearing a file pertaining to Tatra
vehicles.
The plea will be heard by judge Pratibhaßanion
Tuesday. The plea was mentioned before abenchofß D
Ahmed and Manmohan,
which orderedits listingbefore
her. However, the petition, filed through advocate Pramod
KumarDubey, was latersent to anothercourt headedbyS
Muralldharwho, Inturn, said itwouldbe heard byheron
Thesdayat2.lSpm.
Earlier In the day, a court dismissed the ball
application ofTejinder Slngh, accused of offering U4
crore bribe to V KSingh for clearing a file pertainingto
procurement of 1,676 heavy mobilityTatravehicles. The
trial court had also sent him to judicial custody till
October2o and fixed the case "for scrutiny of
documents and arguments."
TejinderSingh had appeared onMondayinthe lower
court following the summons issued against him. The
lower court had taken cognisance ofthe charge sheet on
August2B afterrelyinguponthe statements offormer
Defence MinisterAKAntony, VKSingh and other
witnesses whosetestimonies were recordedbythe agency
duringtheprobe.
PRESSTBUSTOF INDIAa New Delhi
Coalgate: Court seeks
clarity on CBI report
pondent
hlroporle®hinduslaflhrn;scn
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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on
Monday said it was consid
Birla's request.
During the hearing, special
judge Bliarat Parashar asked
the investigating officer if
ering the Central Bureau of
Investigations's (CBI) closure
"this route was permissible'
and whether "rule of law" was
followed while accomniodating
report on its FIR against former
Birla's alleged request.
coal secretary PC Parakh,
Hindalco Industries and its pro
cy had not found any criminailty
ThelOtoldthecourttheagen
moter KM Birla.
It has asked the agency for
some clarifications before it
in the allocation of coal blocks
decides on accepting the dcci
sion to close investigations,
recommended for coal blocks
According the closure report,
the screeningcominitteehad mi
tially not recommended alloca
tion of coal blocks to J{indalco,
and the company's name was
floated at a later stage on KM
to Hindalco.
The company's
name was
after a request from KM Birla
to consider it, he added.
On August 28, the CBI had
filed a closure report in the
case against Parakh, Birla and
Hindalco, and others. It had
given a clean chit to all accused.
U'KNAND FAKE ENCOUNTER: NC NOTICE TO CBI
The Delhi High Court on Monday
sought response of CBl On the pleas
of 14 suspended Uttarakhand cops,
who have challenged their conviction
and life imprisonment for killing a
22-year-old MBA student in a fake
I*4IIIiWWitLAäJA
encounter in Dehradun in 2009. The
trial court on June 9 had awarded life imprisonment toll lJttarakhand
policemen for the murder of Ranbir Singh on July 3,
2009. One cop
was acquitted of charges of murder and conspiracy but was convicted
for falsiilng records.
Tejinder Singh, Tatra scam accused, sent to jail
NEW DELNl:Lleutenantcen
eral Tejinder Singh, former
General should not be shown
head of the Defence lntelh
for the reason that investiga
tion agency did not arrest him
gence Agency, on Monday
was sent to jail by a trial
court, which refused to
granthirn bail in a case ot al
leged bribe offer to then
VK Singh,
who is now a central minis
Army Chief Gen
ter.
Special CDI Judge Madhu
Jam dismissed the bail plea
filed by 64-year-old former
Army officer. The court oh
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,
during the whole investiga
tion," Pll quoted thejudge as
saying bits report.
As soon as the order was
pronounced in the afternoon,
Singh was taken into custody.
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mand for the retired Army of
ficer till October 20, when at
guments
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on the framing of
served that law of the land
should be equal for all.
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recorded proceedings of Parliament where Antony raised
this issue.
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of then General (reid) VK
Singhbutalsothereisrecorded
proceedings of Parliament of
India where this issue was
raised. Hence, no ground for
bailtoapphcantLtGen(retd)
commits a theft of Ra 1,000 is
sentto thejail under the provi
VectraLimited, which supplies
military vehicles to Bharat
Earth Movers Limited,
bribesbutalsoplantingwrong
sions of lawwithcut anymercy,
then a person who was holding
In an unusual step, Gen VK
Singh in March, 2012 instruct
the Army Tejinder approached
the court, arguing he was false
the rank of LtGen in the Indian
Army and who retired from
this post and offered a bribe of
ed his information officers to
ly named by the Army, which
into a big controversy in the
UPA-li.
The defence ministry asked
issue a strongly worded press
statement accusing the former
hai-metl his reputation,
Subsequently, Gen Singh in
the Central Bureau of Invesfi
gation (CBI) to probe the alle
bribe of Es 14 crore to then
Army Chief clearing file per
tainingto procurementof 1,676
heavy mobility Tatra vehicles,
14crore to the then Army
DL& thief not only of offering
formed defence minister AX
gation. After two years of in
DH News Service
E.g
TejinderSingh. His application
stories in the merlin maligning
Antony about Tejinder's bribe
offer and the issue snowballed
isdismissed,' thejudge said.
In the charge sheet, the CHI
claimed Tejinder hadoffered a
CBI files final
status report
in Virbhadra
graft case
NEW DELHI, PTI: The CBI on
Monday filed its final status rein the Delhi High Court
port
on its probe into allegations
that Hirnachal Pradesh Chief
MinisterVirbhadraSingh, durhis earlier tenure as CM
ing
and Union minister, was involved in graft, money laundering and foegery.
A
bench
of Chief
Justice 0
Rohini and Justice R S Endlaw
also directed the HP Chief Minister to file his
court by today.
"The
affidavit
in
the
final status report
of
the CBI is filed in sealed cover
and same is also taken on
record:' the bench said, adding
that it will hear the arguments
in the case on Septemberlo.
The bench also said, "How
can a party (HP CM) be allowed
to file its response without being
issued a notice?"
The response came after the
counsel
for
Virbhadra Singh
said that a notice should not be
issued against the Chief Minis-
ter and he be allowed to advance the arguments on the isthe
including
sues
maintainability of the PIL
against him.
The bench was hearing a
PIL filed by NGO 'Common
Cause' against
the Himachal
CM. Earlier the High
Court had asked the CBI to file
its status repon in the case.
The benchhad taken note of
allegations of receipt of unaccounted money to the tune of
nearly Rs 5 crores by the Chief
Pradesh
Minister and filing of revised
income
tax returns for years
2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12
by him. The revised IT returns
showed an increase
tural income to the
tune of Rs
6.10
PIL
crore,
claimed.
the
in agricul-
had
c_sr
Cholan in judicial custody
A special court for the
Centrai
Bureau of Inves
ligation
(CBI) remanded
prime accused M Manu
Needhi Cholan, registrar of
companies,
who was arrest
ed in a bribery case, injudi
cial custody till September 8,
DHNS reports
from C hen
nai.
The CE! anti-corruption
wing
filed a
petition seeking
police custody to question
Cholan.
Cholan was held for ac
cepting a bribe of Its 10
lath
from former chairman of
Chettinad group of compa
riles MA M Ramaswamy.
_________________
Cholan's advocate,
who filed
a bail petition, said he required more time to file a
counter against
the
plea
seeking Cholan's police custody. When the matter came
for hearing, counsel for
Cholan argued that police
custody was not requf red
since the CBI had completed
its probe and had
takena
tailed statement from
Cholan after the arrest
de-
Reiterating that police
custody was required, special public prosecutor for
CB! said the accused could
tamper with evidence jfre-
leased on bail.
A
Tatra case: Retd Lt-Gen
bail denied sent to jail
Tejinder held in Tatra
case, sent to Tihar
Bail plea to be
heard today
Nirniinesh Kuinar &
Devesh K. Pandey
NEW DELHI: Lieutenant GenerTejinder Singh (Retired)
al
was on Monday sent to judicial custody in the Tihar Jail
Retired Lieutenant
General Tejinder Sing/i
following the dismissal of his
Court in the Tatra truck brib-
no mercy should be shown to
him as everybody wasis equal
ery attempt case.
before the law.
bail plea by
a Special CBI
officer is
offered Rs.14
The former Army
The court had on August30
Lt. Gen. Singh,
alleged to have
crore bribe to the then Army
summoned
Chief, General (Retired) V.K.
charge sheet filed by the CBI
Singh, to clear files pertaining
in July.
to the purchase of high-mobilityyehicles for the Army.
A.K.
Gen. Singh is at present the
Minister of State for the Department
of
North-East
Region.
his plea, Special
Macthu Jam
Judge
asked the Cen-
tral Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) officials to take him in-
to custody. Lt. Gen. Singh lter moved the Dethi High
Court
of
the
Former Defence Minister
Antony and Gen. V.K.
Singh are among the prosecution witnesses whose state-
ments were recorded during
for bail. The
applica-
The CBI in its charge sheet
alleged that Lt. Gen. Tejinder
Singh had met Gen V.K. Singh
at his office in the South
Block on
tion to it, the former Army
Chief
fore Justice Pratibha Rani on
Singh
Tuesday.
-
The court dismissed the arby the retired Lieu-
gurnent
September 22, 2010
and offered a bribe of Rs.14
crore. Taking strong excep-
is listed for hearing be-
tion
cognisance
the probe.
Immediately after dismissing
taking
had
asked
Lt.
Gen.
to immediately leave
his office. He had then intimated then Defence Minister
AK. Antony about the incident, the charge
tenant General's counsel that
he deserved to be released on
During the probe, Mr. Antony
bail as the probe was over and
he was never arrested during
admitted to having been inalleged
formed
about
the
the probe.
bribe offer. The CBI has also
"Show him no mercy'
Opposing the bail plea, the
CBI
counsel
submitted that
sheet said.
annexed phone records purportedly
establishing that Lt.
Gen. Singh
was allegedly in
touch with arms
dealers.
CBI files status report in graft
case against Virbhadra Singli
Mohammed Jqbal
NEW DELHI:
of
reau
Monday
The Central BuInvestigation
on
submitted its final
report to
status
When Mr. Singh's counsel
the Delhi
High Court on its probe into
a case of alleged graft, money
laundering and
tionate
income
machal
disproporagainst Hi-
Pradesh
Chief
There is a case of
sought the permission of the
alleged graft, money
Bench
laundering and
matter and
challenged the maintainabil-
disproportionate
ity
income against
forth
not entertain the reof a party without is-
sponse
suing
notice.
The writ petition has al-
Virbhadra Singh
legedthat
Mr. Singh had filed
Minister Virbhadra Singh. A
revised
preliminary enquiry was mi-,
for three successive
tiated on a complaint filed
against Mr. Singh two years
gating agency to reveal the
status of preliminary inquiry
ago.
launched against the octoge-
The status report was filed
in a sealed cover before a Di-
narian
vision
Bench
comprising
Chief Justice G. Rohini and
Justice R.S. Endlaw, which
took
it on
asked
record. The Court
Mr. Singh
to file his
The
the
Chief Minister.
matter
High
has
argu-
of PIL, the Court said it
could
Himachal Pradesh
Chief Minister"
put
the
to
in
ments
reached
Court through
income
tax returns
years, from
ment
assess2009
to
to explain the money
unaccounted
for and had
shown an increase in agricul2011,
tural
income
to the tune of
a
public interest writ petition
Rs.6.10
moved by a non-government
submitted its report on Mr.
Singh's tax assessment to the
organisation,
Cause, which
Common
has sought
a
investiga-
crore. The Income
Tax Department has already
Court.
The matter had led to an
in the Himachal
affidavit in this connection
Court-monitored
by Tuesday
and posted the
case for hearing arguments
tion by the CM and the Income Tax Department into
on September 10.
The status report was
month, with the Opposition
I*ed
the charges levelled against
Mr. Singh. The allegations
the
relate to Mr. Singh's previous
tenure as the Chief Minister
the money laundering allegathe
Chief
tions against
and a Union Minister.
Minister.
in
compliance
with
of August 20
asking the premier investi
Court's order
impasse
Pradesh
demanding
Assembly
last
a discussion on
HC sends notice to
CBI in Uttarakhancj
fake
encQunter case
Special Correspondent
NEW
DELHI:
as bail petitions of the 14 convicts. The appeals of the
re-
Delhi High
ssued noCentral Bureau of
The
maining
convicts are pending
Court on Monday
before another Bench of the
tice
High Court.
to the
Investigation
on the appeals
filed by 14 suspended policemen of Uttarakhand challeng-
CBI to file a chart of roles as-
ing their conviction and life
vict
sentence in a fake encounter
case of 2009. This case in-
in the trial court as well as the
trial court's relative findings.
volved the killing of a 22-year-
The Court said there was no
ground for suspension of sen-
old
Chaziabad-based
MBA
The Court also directed the
signed
student in Dehradun.
tence
The trial court had convicted and handed down life im-
had
prisonment
to each appellant-con-
in the charge-shet
filed
as most of the convicts
obtained bail at
different
points during the trial.
to
17 police
personnel on June 9 this year.
They were found guilty of
While the appellants have
alleged that the deceased had
murdering the young man,
Hanbir Singh, on July 3,2009,
on the basis of probe by the
tention to commit dacoity and
had snatched the service revolver of I policeman, Ran-
CBI.
bir's
A Division Bench comprising Justice S. Ravindra Bhat
and Justice Vipin Sanghi, issuing
notice to the CBI, asked
it to file its reply within
12
weeks on the appeals as well
gone to Dehradun with the in-
family members
claim
that he went to the town in
search of ajob. The trial court
had
observed that the cops
had killed Ranbir in a fake encounter by
firing 29 bullets
from a close range.
Tatra case Court sends
Tejinder Singh to Tihar
Rejecting the con-
Tiharjail.
KAUNAIN SHERIFF M
NEW DELFII, SEPTEMBER 1
The
tention
special CBI
of
Thjinder
court had summoned
Singh's counsel,
court Monday dis-
the accused on Monday
Special
missed the bail plea of Lt
afterit took cognizance
of the chargesheet filed
"The
Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh
and sent him to judicial custody till
by the CBI. Tejinder
connection with the
alleged bribeoffered to former Army
Singh's counsel
ADELHI
October2o in
chief GeneralV KSinghintheThtra
trucks deal. The court also said
the
accused should "not
that
be shown
any mercy bythe court merely for the
If a
TEJINDERSINGII
had
Arguing for the bail plea, the
said
law
of the
the
said,
land
should be equal for all.
moved abail application in the case.
counsel
Judge
his client had appeared
its
sent to jail under the provisions of
law without any mercy,
then a per-
son who was holding the rank of Il
at first instance after receipt of sum-
(len
mons, and that the accusedwas
be shown
never
person who commatheft of Rs 1.000 is
in the Indian Army
any mercy
should not
by the court
reason that the investigationagency
arrested by theCDI andhad fullyco-
merelyfor the reason that the investi-
did not arrest him during the whole
operatedduring the investigation.
gation agency did not arrest him dur-
investigation".
Relying on the statements ofthe
former Army chief and on the proceedings of the Parliament, Special
Judge Madhu Jam said, "Not only
are there statements of the then
General V X Singh, but also there
are recorded proceedings of Parliament of India where this issue was
However, senior public prosecuX Shatma opposed
ing the
whole investigation."
the plea,
The Delhi court fixed October
saying the court shouldconsider the
20 for further arguments. Tbjinder
nature and seriousness of theoffence
Singh has been chargedby the Clof
and that "paramount consideration"
criminal conspiracy for allegedly offeringßs 14crore bribe to V X Singh
tor V
should be given to the state and public interest "The accused was holding
number two position in the Indian
Army from which he retired, and im-
to clear a file pertaining to the procurement of 1,676 heavy mobility
'Tktra vehicles.
raised. Hence, (there is) no ground
mediatelyafter
he of-
On Monday evening, 'Ibjinder
for bail to applicant Lt Gen (retd)
fered a bribe of Ps 14 crore. The
court should look into the nature of
Singh's counsel filed a ball application
the offence," the prosecutor said,
heard on 'iliesday.
IbjinderSiagh."
Tejinder Singh has been sent to
his retirement,
intheDethiHigiCoinwhichwlllbe
Was rule of law followed in
Birla Parakh FIR Court asks CBI
EXPRESS
NEWS
SERVICE
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
A DELHI court on Monday,
while hearing the
was an act of omission or commission
filed by the CIII in its FIR
lodged against
Birla
and
Parakh, asked the agency to
clarji
whether 'rule of law'
was followed in allocation of
blocks to Hindalco.
The court has asked the
CBI to clarify whether there
allocation
-
and if any—whether it has
an
element of 'criminality'.
closure re-
port
in the
The agency replied to the
court that theyhave not found
asked whether
the route to
change its own decisions taken
by the screening committee
was 'permissible'. However,
when the judge posed the
queries to the JO, he said that
any criminality in a]localion of
coal blocks
to flindalco,
special public prosecutor RS
adding that the screeitg com-
court on theseissues. The CBI
mittee
reviewed its previous
decision at the request of Birla
and
that the blocksweregiven
to Hindalco. The court then
Cheema
had
would
address
the
fileda closure report in the
case in which it had earlier
lodged an FIR against fifrla,
Parakh and others.
Student
2)
death: HC
tells CBI to
respond to
view that since most of
them had
obtained bail at some point in the
trial proceedings, "there appears
to be no ground for suspension
of sentence".
The bail pleas
field by the
convicts will be heard along with
the appealsin l2weeks.
Those who moved the High
Court
against their conviction
and sentencing were then inspec-
cops' plea
tor Santosh
Jaiswal, sub-inspec-
tors Gopal
Dutt Bhatt, Rajesh
Bisht,
ANEESHA MATHUR
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 1
Neeraj
Kumar,
Nitin
Chauhan and Chandra Mohan
Singh Rawat
-
all convicted on
charges of murder. Constables
THE Delhi High Court on Mon-
Sunil Saini, Mohan Singh Rana,
issued notice to the CBI to
Nagender Rathi, Ajeet Singh, In-
day
respond to the appeals filed by 14
der Bhan Singh,
suspended Uttarakhand police
Vikas Baluni were convicted of
officials who were recently held
conspiracy to murder.
guilty in the 2009 fake encounter
of an MBA student.
The
The policemen in their appeal
trial court on June 9
Satbir Singh, and
have stated
that Ranbir
Singh, a resident of Ghaziabad,
had awarded life imprisonment
had
to 17 Uttarakhand policemen
others to commit dacoity and had
for the murder of Ranbir Singh
also snatched the service revolver
on July 3, 2009.
of one of the appellants, all of
The court of Justices Ravindra
Bhat
Sanghi also
Justice Vipin
directed the CBI to
and
file a chart of the roles assigned to
each of the appellant-convicts in
the chargesheet and the relative
findings of the trial court.
"Appeals admitted. Issue notice.
Trial court records are called
for. List the matter for possible
final hearing. Respondent (CBI)
shall file a chart of the roles assigned
to each appellant-convicts
in the charge sheet and relative
findings of the trial court," the
court said.
The court also denied the policemen's plea
pension
for
interim sus-
of sentence, taking the
THE TRIAL
court on June 9 had
awarded life
imprisonment to 17
Uttarakhand policemen
for the murder of Ranbir
Singh on July 3,2009
gone to Dehradun
with two
whom were on security duty on
July 3,2009, in view of the visit of
then
President Pratibha Patil.
Tatra deal: Tejinder arrested aftei
Delhi coui±t dismisses bail plea
NewDelh!,
Sept 1: Lt Gen
requirement of the vehicles
(retd) Tejinder Singh was on
Special CBI Judge Madhu Jam
Mondayarrestedonordersby
Telinder Sinnh's bail annilcation and sent
.'
.
him to judicial custody tdl October2o
Delhi court which dismissed
his bail plea for allegedly of
fering tl4 crore bribe to
r
then
ArmyChief GenVKSinghfor
recordedbytheagencyduring
theprobe.
clearingfilepertainingtopro
Tejinder Singh, who had ap
peared in the court following
biityTatra vehicles,
court's summons in the case.
Madhu
aMitappearedtohimthatthe
requirement
ed,
the
has been intlata
agency
During
said,
on the
issue
fromdifferentquarters.
In its charge sheet, the CDI
The CBI in its charge sheet
had
alleged
that
Tejinder
had alleged that in August
Singh met VK Singh in his of
moved the ballplea whichwas
September 2010, the file per
taming to procurement of
ftceinSouthßlockonseptem
Jain rejectedTejinder Singh's
ball application and sent him
opposed by the CBI and was
1,676 Tatra vehicles was pend
meeting,
tojudicialcustodytillOctober
laterrejectedby the court.
ing before VK Singh, who is
the
day,
had
adding VK Singh had sought
fresh opinion
sheet and otherdocuments to
curement of 1676 heavy mo
Special CBI Judge
rejected
he had
ber 22, 2010, and during
the
he had offered
a
The courthad taken cogni
now a minister of state of ex
bribe of U4 crore to VK Singh
forclearingtheffieofTaftave
sance of the charge sheet on
ternal affairs and minister of
hiclesbyfirstweekof October
"TO come up for scrutiny of
August 28 after relying upon
statein-charge of Department
documents and arguments on
the statements of former de
of Mortheastßegion.
on October 20," the
fence ministerAKAntony VK
20. "Take him into custody"
thejudge said.
charge
court said. Meanwhile, CHIal
Singh
so suppliedthecopyof charge
whose
and
other
witnesses
testimonies
were
The then Chief of Army
Staff (COAS)
was not con
vincedwiththetotalprojected
VK
Singh got infuriated
and asked Tejinder Singh to
leave his office and he, there-
after, intimated Antony about
theincident.
PT!
Hindalco gains as CBI
drops coal
scam case
CBI MUst Be Made Accountable to Govt, Parliament & NHRC
How We Have To
Reform The CBI
It must have multiple lines of accountability
CBI orders probe'
into 2G papers leak
The
CDI
Inquiry
has initiated an internal
the leaking of classified
Into
documents related to the 26 scam.
The CDI suspects there could be a
mole within the
agency
passing on
documents to outsiders. The agency
will Inform the Supreme Court about
the leak of documents and the internat probe ordered to Identify those
responsible for passing internal file
notings and classified notes to out-
siders. The CDI Is puzzled about how
the Information was accessed since
the agency Is exempted under the
Right to Information Act.
CBI FILES FINAL STATUS REPORt IN VIRBHADRA GRAFT CASE
AGE CORRESPONDENT
tenure as CM and Union
minister. The court also
directedtheMrSnghto
fixed tor September 10 tor
the next hearing. "How
can a party (Himachal
CM) be allowed to tUe its
The CBI flled its final status report in the Delhi'
high court on Monday on
file his affidavit cm
Tuesday
its investigations into
allegations of graft,
money laundering and
forgery charges against
of the CB{ is filed in
sealed cover and same is
also taken on record,"
said a bench of Chief
court addecl.
The courts response
took place alter the counsei for lt Singh toid the
the Himachal Pradesh
chief minister Virbhadra
Justice 0. Rohini and
Justice «.8. Endlaw. The
Singh duriiig his earlier
matter has now been
court that a notice should
not be issued against the
chief minister and he be
"The final Status report
response without being
issued a notice?" the
allowed to advance the
argurnejfls on the issues
ineluding the maintainof the PIL agalnst
hirn.
ability
The ecurt was hearing a
PIL filed by NGO
Common Cause against
the politician.
The court bad earlier
asked the CBI to me its
Status report in the mat-
ter.
CBI probe on 2
RITES official
PRAMOD KUMAR
nary
the
The CBI
has
initiated
an inquiry against two
senior officials of the
Rau
India
Technical
and Economic Services
(RITES), a government
of India enterprise, tor
allegedly
issuing
a
"desired"
inspection
to a Kolkatabased firm tor its consignments
while mak
Ing adverse comments
repört
tor its competitors.
Sources said, "There
are allegations that the
suspected
officials
allegedly took bribe tor
giving
desired inspcin favour of
a Kolkata-based firm.
public
The suspected
allegedly
servants
tion report
transferred
some
RITES inspectors who
did not give desired
report
in
favour of the firm in
2013-14. The agency has
registereu
a prelimi.
inspection
enquiry
against
suspected
officials
ot' RITESand the private tirm and they will
Seen be called for elanfication".
The RITES is a multiconsultaney organisation in the
disciplinany
fields
of
transport,
infrastructure
and
related technologies. lt
provides a comprehen-
sive
array of services
under a single roof. Jn
projeets,
overseas
RITES actively pursues
and develops coopera-
tive links
with local
consultants aM finms.
also
"lt
has
been
ällegecl that the suspectcd RITES officials provided some seeret official documents to the
private
firm, which is
under the scanner of
ageney,"
the
sources
said. Despite repeated
efforts, no senior officials of the RITES were
available for the comment,
Court refuses
CBI coal case closure
New Deihl,
lacked
Central
which
lt had
come to the conclusion
that there was no "ele-
Sept. 1: The
dt'
Bureau
Investigation's
move to
the
coal blocks
albcation scam case against
Kamal Sponge Steel and
dose
Power Ltd and its
tors on Monday
under
the
special
observed
direc-
came
scanner ot a
which
court,
that
the
closure report
was "devoid of any reasoning
or logical step".
Special
judge
CBI
agency's
Bharat Parashar saidtie
report
CM's
ciosure
any
logical
step
through
ment of criminality" in
the acts of "emission or
allegedly
commission"
committed by the coal
ministry officials.
going
into
any further length of the
matter at this stage, J may
state that from a bare
"..,Wlthout
perusal of ciosure report,
lt 15 broadly clear that lt is
devoid of any reasoning
or logical step through
which
the investigating
agency came to this con-
of there being rio
element of criminality in
of
impugned
the
acts
clusion
omission or commission
committed by the officers/otTicials of the coal
minlstry," the judge said.
The
observation
came
when the court sought
from
the
.clarificatlon
iiwestigating
officer (10)
about the closure report.
As the 10 was unable to
properl
answer
on
courts query. the judge
posted the matter for
ther
arguments
September
would be
9 saying
appropriate
on
lt
to
hear special public prose
cutor R.S. Cheema on the
issue. Mr Cheema was not
present in the courtroom
during the hearing.
"Rowever, as the SPP is
not available today so at
this stage, 1 am refraining
myself from making any
lürther observations as lt
will
be
hear
said.
hirn
appropriate
to
first," the judge
—PTI
HCnoticetoCßlon'
LPkhand encäunter
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW.DELHI, SEPT.I
The Delhi high court on
Monlay sought response
fron the GUI on the pleas of
14 suspetided Uttarakhand
policemen, who had
approached the court challengffig their convietion
aM ute imprisonment tor
krnirg a 22-year-old MBA
student in a fake encounter
in Dehra Dun in 2009.
On June 9, the trial court
had awarded hie linprison-
inent to 17
UttarakhaM
pouicemen tor the murder
of Ranbir Singh, a resident
of Ghaziabad on July 3,
2009. One of the tainted
cops Jaspah Singh Gosain
bad got acquittal from the
charges of murder and tonspiracy,
but was convictecl
tor falsifying records.
Tejinder jailed in
V.K. bribe case
ATUL KRISHAN
A Special Central Bureau
of Investigation court 011
Monday dismissed the Ball
plea of former
Tejinder
Singh
-
Lt. Gen.
(64) and
sent hirn behind bars in
connection
with a case
lodged
against
hirn for
offering a bribe of !14
crore to former Army Chief
Singh
für
General
VK.
clearing Tatra vehieles file.
The caurt refused to take
lenient view towards Mr
Sing
and cancelled his
plea.
Mercy
Ball
"No
should
be taken towards
the accused,"
the court
noted and fixed the matter
für October 20.
Mr Singh had appeared
special
before
the
CBI
court in pursuance to the
summons issued to hirn. He
told the court that he had
been
supporting the
CBI
and
probe
the
rnoved a ball application.
The
defence
counsel
appearing für hirn argued
during
that there was no apprehension of tarnpering with
tbc
evidence in the case
ahd he should be granted
ball. The defence counsel
argued that Mr Singh was
behig falsely irnplicated in
the case. The CBl official
opposed Mr Singh's ball
vlea and sald that no
.4:,
"
leniency should be shown
to hirn as offer Ing a bribe to
Army Chief was not a
small offence. The court
after hearing the
übmission dismissed the ball plea
of Tejinder Singh.
The CBI official present
in the court arrested Mr
Singh as soon as the court
pronounced
its
order
against hirn. Mr Singh was
taken to the lock up front
where he was sent to Tihar
Jall. The court has remanded Mr Singh to judicial custody
till October 20.
"The law of land should
be equal for all and if a per-
son
who commits a theft of
is sent to the jall
under the provisions of law
!1,000
without any merc
person
who was
then a
holding
the rank of Lt. Gen. in the
Army and who retfred front
this post and offered a
bribe of !14 crores to the
then Army general should
not be shown any mercy by
the CO9' Ute courted.
finds
CBI
Südipta deal
with IRCTC
RAJIB CHOWDHURI
The Central Bureau of
Invstigation (CBI) has
unearthed
a
deal
between chit fund comGraup
and
pany Saradha
the
Indian
Catering and
Railway
Tourism
Corporation
(IRCTC)
when West Bengal chef
minister
Banerjee
Mamafa
was
railway
minister.
According to the deal,
Tours
&
subsidiary
Travels,
a
Saradha
Saradha
of
Group, was roped in as
partner"
by
"official
company
IRCTC in December
2010
für conductfflg its tours
in South India under
"Bharat Tirth", a special
service
tourist
-train
by
Introduced
Ms
Banerjee, the CRI has
learnt.
Questioning a former
employee, the
Saradha
CRI found that the company.
provided
services
am! earned a percentage
of
commission
from
IRCTC.
Assarn ex-mantris may get sunimori
GUWAHAT!, SEPT.I
Sudipta
of
politicians
Gogoi were the key llnk
Sen
with
and
the
also got away with hüge
amount of n½oney of
Saradhä to buy peace
The Central
police,
from
MANOJ ANAND
Saradha scam may sum
authoritative
sources in the CBJ tald
this newspaper that after
Manoranjana
Sinh,
man
ex-ministers
Himanta Biswa Sarma,
Aujan Dutta and ex-JDGP
of ex
estrange wife
Union minister Matang
Sinh, the agency has.
Investigation
the
multi-crore
Shankar
for
Bureau of
probing
rupees
Baruah
soan
an
questianing
of taking pratec
charges
tion money
[rom
Sudipta
Sen.
Infarming
that
-
busi
Bajaj
nessman Rajesh
and
singer Sadananda
been.
questioning
Mi
Bajaj anti Mr Gagoi wha
in
were instrumental
clinching
the
deal of
"protectian money".
Informing that apart
[rom politicians and the
police, many journalists
the
groups of
cd, CW sources said that
raids are conducted after
due consideration and
home works whenever lt
insurgent
the state for
is necessary for investigation.
-
the company,
sources
sald that Sudipta Sen
confessed that he was
Mr Sarma, meanwhile,
appeared
before
the
media an Monday to
to spend a huge
amaunt af public maney
an the police, politicians
farced
that
he
met
Sudipta Sen UI a sornal
gathering and inaugu-
clarify
and media in Assarn.
Though, the Cffl was
tight-lipped about their
future course af actjon.
On asked about clarificd
tion
of
ex-ministers
whase hauses were raid
rated his biscuit factory
at Dhubri in Assarn an
journalist
request
of
-
Bhaumik
who
worked far BBC as a correspondent.
Subir