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referred to CR! afteradjs
creet probe launched by
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the
uneaithed a scam in its
Family Fare Scheme (FFS)
in which the cash-strapped
airline was defrauded,
sources said today
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for
further probe was sought
by the Vigilance Depart
ment since the case had all
India ramifications, the
A discreet probe launched by the Vigilance Department of the
'public carrier unearthed a scam in its Family Fare Scheme (FFS)
in which the cash-strapped airline was defrauded
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suspect travel agency identified during the
initial probe was aloneallegedly
responsible for an estimated loss of over Rs 6
department's
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agencies could be involved in this case causing
direct loss of crores of rupees to Al
The Al has asked the CBI
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with possible
to take up a probe as "the case has all India ramificaloss caused to the government and Al with possible involvement of other governmental and non-government agencies
sources added. Under the
FFS, concessionisgivento
employees of the airiipe
of Air Jndia, Mr B
(CVO)
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PTI that
wherein they can take
their
familytoadomesticdesti
confirmed
to
one suspect tray
el agency had been identi
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during
their initial
nation once a year at sub
probe
sidised costS
allegedly responsible for an
Chief Vigilance Officer
who
alone
estimatedlossofoverlis
CBI to take up a probe as
"the case has all India ramifications
with
possible
loss caused to the government and Al with possible
other gov-
involvement of
ernmental
and
non-gov-
ernment agencies."
A
probe
official
CM
according
of
said
to an internal
the Air India's
Vigilance team, which had
looked into the records
from 2007, had found that
in one particular sector
alone the alleged fraud
under the
FFS
involved
5,916 tickets.
The probe report said the
travel operator "indulged
in
fraudulently
altering
the fare on flown coupons
to higher amount than the
fare shown on the audit
coupons and thus presumably
was
keeping
amount.J'
the excess
6
crore to the airline due to
the alleged
fraud
in
the
The Al spokesman
did
FSS.
not immediatelyrespondto
phone calls and messages
sent to his mobile.
The Al
has
asked
the
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AIR INDIA HIT BY ANOTHER HUGE
FRAUD, WRITES TO CRI FOR PROBE
NEW DELHI: Ailing Air Indla, which was recently hit by
ITC scam, has
stumbled upon another case of
fraud
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niembers of the employees of the state-run airline. The
case has been referred to CBI after a discreet probe
launched by
the
vigilance department
corrier unearthed a scam in its family
(FFS) in which
cd,
the cash-strapped
of the public
fare scheme
airline was defraud-
sources said on Friday. The heip of CBI for furiher
probe was sought by the vigilance department since
the case had all Indio ramifications, the saurces added.
tJnder the FFS, concession is given to employees of the
airline in which they can take their family to a domestic
destination once a year at subsidized cost.
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fraud case to CBI
New Delhi: Ailing Air India Ltd has
stumbled upon a case of fraud involving
crores of rupees in a scheme meant for
family members of the employees of the
state-run airline. The case has been
referred to
gation
the Central
Bureau of Investi-
(CBI) after a probe launched by
the vigilance department of the public
carrier found
irregularities in its family
fare scheme (FFS), in
strapped
which the
cash-
airline was defrauded, people
familiar with matter said on Friday.
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RRITISU INTELLIGENCE ALERT EXPOSED FORMER CBI CHIEF'S DIRTY LINK WITH MEAT SEILER
M POST
BURLAU
NEWDELHI: lt was an alert from
the Brftish Revenue Intelligence
Authority thathelped nab the middieman ofa former CBI director. A
few rnonths ago, the British Rev-
have enough explosive matrial to
Qureshi
put the entire political fraternity
a middleinarion behalfof this CBI
in an
uncomfortable spot. The
lT
Authority has already established
that Qureshi,
was allegedly working as
director and in manysensitive cases
the accused have paid huge bribes,
of meat
which were traced to Dubai bank
export firm, AMQ Agro India, has
acconnts. A number of seized lockers
disproportionateassets worth bundreds of crores of rupees, apart from
have been opened and the contents
show Qureshi had a cosy relation-
his known and declared income.
The lT authority is certain that
ship with the former Cm director
and a powerful political secretary
transferringhuge amount ofinoney
the businessman allegedly holds
in town. Interestingly, this
frorn Dubai to London.
assets on behalfof powerful govern-
enue Intelligence Authority alerted
the Indian Income Tax Authority
that an Indian businessmari was
On
the basis of this alert, lT
sleuths put
Moin Qureshi's telephone
under surveffiance for about two
inonths. 'Ihose surveffiance tapes
proprietor
ment officials. Ihe prime accused
this case is former CBI director
whose name has come under scmin
tiny.
The seized documents show
former
CBI director was handling sensilive cases related to the 2G scam,
never reached logical end.
From
the seized documents
and Qureshi's telephonic conver-
the coal scam and other headline-
sations
where allegations
were raised that the investigations
touch with several powerflil busi-
grabbing cases
lt is
evident that he was in
nessmen who were facing various
kinds ofCBI investigations. He was
playing the rote ofa middieman in
the clean chit in a number ofcases
of embezzlement involving hun-
settling these cases in exchange of
dreds of crores of rupees
in NHAJ
Qureshi's colourful lifestyle got
huge monetary benefits.
contracts. Incidentally,
Qureshi
hirn political and business friends
for whom he played saviour par-
lT
sleuths suspect that busi-
tried to get in touch with the curdirector, CBI, Ranjit Sinha a
ticularlyduring
the period whenhis
friend was the
CBI
he was referred to Sinha by the former directot Qureshi was also in
the
the Directorate of
Paris and runs a jewellery shop.
Another daughter 15 based out of
dose touch with former Congress
the probe and the former director
who was
went to meet finance minister P
London. From the seizeddocuments
recently in a major problemafter
appears that Qureshi was also
dose to a powerful UPA minister
he received Rs
from West
Chidambararn on Wednesday. But
sources say Qureshi didn't get the
ehit fund
Benga
scam accused
assurance that his case would be
who hails from Madhya Pradesh.
Sudipto Sen hut
iled to transfer
The CBI has consistently given hirn
the share holding.
hushed up the way many other such
cases were dealtwfth in die past.
nessmen
have paid huge bribes
he soldhis channelagain t
mdustrialist Naveen lindal.
rent
which were transferred through
number of times, as
hawala channet. The former CBI
director's daughter is based out of
it
in most cases
minister Matang Singh
62 crore
At the same time
lT probe,
director. After
Revenue Intelligence has also joined
CBI asked to probe
another Al scam
NEWDELHI, FEBRUARY 21
in its Ebmily Fre
Indian nationa' carrier Air
(FFS)
India, which was recently
strapped airline was
hit by the LTC
stumbled
case
crores
of
scam, has
another
upon
involving
fraud
of
rupees
scheme meant
in
for family
members of the employees
has
been referred
to the CBI after a
probe
launched
by
lance department
lic
discreet
the
which
Scheme
the
cash-
defraud-
sources said today.
The
CBI's
department sought
help
for
further
since the case
all-India ramifications,
probe
had
the
sources added.
Under the FFS, concession
of the state-mn airline.
The case
ed,
in
vigi-
of the pub-
carrier unearthed a scam
is given to employees of the
airline in which they could
take their family to a domestic destination once a year at
subsidised cost.
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CBI lens on Paswan
in Bokaro job scam
Neerajchauhan
his involvement in the rack-
mN
et, top CBI sources said.
New Dethi: Investigations
into the Bokaro steel plant
recruitment
reached
scam
have
doorsteps
the
of
former Union minister and
The development comes
at a time when Paswan is negotiating
for seats in Bthar
with Congress and Lalu Yaday's
IUD.
I'aswan
was
Union minister for
chemicals, fertiliz-
chier Ham Vilas Paswan.
UI?
According
highly
sources,
to
ers and steel during
placed
the UPA-1 govern-
the
GB!
ment between May
2004 and May2009.
has found that addresses
of several
candidates
CBI sources said
they
who
were selected for Ramvilas Paswan
middle and junior
management-level posts In
the steel plant by adopting a
the
fraudulent
found
some
candidates had listed addresses at Pas
wan's Delhi residence
ex-minister's
and
secretary
recruitment
may have also written letters
process were allegedly list-
for them. The Cm might call
12 Janpath,
New Delhi residence. Ad-
Paswan for questioning soon.
ed at Paswan's
dresses of successful candidates being the same as Paswan's residence pointed to
Paswan could not be reached
for his comments.
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GASES IN NREGA
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, FEB. 21
The
CIII
on
Friday
regis-
tered
five cases to probe
alleged irregularities in the
implementation of Mahatma
Gandhi
Rural
National
Employment
Guarantee
(MGNREGS)
Scheine
in
kjttar
seven
distriets of
Pradesh during 2007-10. The
agency is probing anomalies
between 2007-10 when the
state
was
ruled
by
BSP
supremo Mayawati.
Sources said cases of erlincheating,
mal conspiracy,
forgery under Indian Penal
Code and misuse of olTicials
under
position
the
Corruption
Prevention of
Act have been registered
regardhug alleged financial
-
irregularities in districts
Bairampur,
Gonda,
Sonbhadra,
Kushinagat
Mahoba
and
Sources
said
have been registered
against officials who were
with the
directty linked
FJRs
Implementation
of
the
districts
during 2007-10 but no official
has been named in the FIRs.
scheine
in
these
CBI registers 5 MGNREGA
graft cases in Uttar Pradesh
Top investigating agency is likely to file two more cases soon
M POST
BUREAU
weil as abuse of power under
MNREGA scheme in seven
districts of iJttar Pradesh.
NEW DELHI: CBI has registered five cases related to
fle court had directed
alleged swindling of funds in
investigate the abuse
and misappropriation of
funds as weil as the abuse
CBI to
the implementalon of centrally-sponsored
Gandhi
Mahatma
National
Employment
Rural
of power under MNREGA
scheme in seven districts
Guarantee
Scheme (MGNREGA)
-
in
Pradesh during the
rble of Mayawati-led BSP.
Uttar
-
said cases of
crirninal conspiracy, cheat-
Kabir
CBI sources
ing. forgery under Indian
Penal Code and misuse of
officials' position under the
Prevention of Corruption
Act
have been registered
Bureau said FIRs have been registered
Gonda,
Mirzapur
2007 and2Qlo
-
between
and comeup
against officials who were directly linked
with appropriate action and
with the implementation of the scheme
prosecution in accordance
in
these districts during 2007-10 but no
official has been named in these reports
irregularities in Gonda, Bal-
cialhas been named in these
to MGNREGA in
rampur, Sonbhadra, Mahoba
and Kushinagar districts.
reports.
districts.
vegistered against officials
Nagar,
and Kushinagar
regarding alleged financial
They said FIRs have been
Bairampur,
Mahoba, Sonbhadra, Sant
The agency
is likely to
registered two more cases
soon.
these
-
willi iaw.
The bench had said a
further writ in the nature
of mandamus was issued
directing CBI to hold a preliminary inquiry willi regard
The agency has taken
over the cases on the orders
to other districts of the state
of Lucknow bench of the
Allahabad High Court
abuse,
for the three yearsrelating to
misuse or misappro-
who were directly linked
with the implen-ientation of
üe scheme in these districts
has asked the district
administration
and state
which directed lt to investigate the alleged abuse and
by the Centre under the
government to keep a safe
during 2007-10 but no offi
custody of records related
misappropriation of funds as
regular enquir
CBI
priation of funds provided
scheme with follow-up of
if required.
CBI
to
seek
sanction to
prosecute ex-IB officer
PllB U NEW DELHI
ISHRATCASE
Apartfromchargesheeting
for
Kumar
The
prosecuting former Special
Code
Director of Intelligence Bureau
agency
CBI will seek sanction foroffences
various criminal
under the Indian Penal
and
Arms
Act,
the
has also annexed the
Rajinder Kumar in the Ishrat
evidence collected against him
Jahan "fake"
regarding affidavit filed by
encounter case,
The agency has already
chargesheeted Kumar in the
Union Home Ministry to prove
case for criminal conspiracy,
murder, illegal confinement,
encounter
abduction
his conduct in projecting "false
as genuine:'
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and certain provi
sions of the Arms Act.
The CBI will seek sanction
from
the
Union
Home
Ministry under Section 197 of
Code
the Criminal Procedure
(CrPC) for prosecuting Kumar.
CrPC Section provides
The
that no court shall take
cog
nizanceofachargesheetagainst
any
official
who
can
be
-'
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had
said,
"The
the
n,
of the
who
has
legal
Attorney
said
evidence submitted
that
prior sanction is required to
prosecute Kumar for whatever
other lB officials include details
of six calls made within half an
hour on June 6, 2004 from a
PCO in
Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The alleged encounterof lshrat
and
her
three
Lashkar-e
Tayyaba associates took place
on the intervening night of
June 14/15,
2004.
Kumar had received two
calls on his mobile number and
one on his landline number
from the BSNL landline of the
PCO. One call was made to an
number in Dubai,
for
offence he will be chargesheet
unknown
accused
cd. The CBI had sought legal
anotherGujaratpoliceconsta
Sanction for Prosecution
prosecuting
,
".
agency has also received
General
agency
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to this Honourable Court?'
CM sources said the
opinion
the
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its chargesheet,
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In
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Government's
ble KN
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Rajinder Kumar... would be
obtained from the Competent
Authority.., and on receipt of
opinion whether
sanction is required to prose
cute Kumar in the alleged fake
CBI has
the same, it will be submitted
encounter of Ishrat.
were made to entrap Javed.
Javed alias
one to
Pranesh Pillai. The
alleged that the calls
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Neerajctiauhan
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New Delhi: The February 6 supplementary chargesheet filed by the
ne an lii intormer at one
time, sources said,
point
of
CHI against senior Intelligence Bu-
Explaining the conspiracy the
chargesheet says, During the last
week of April2004, in pursuance to a
reau
conspiracy
officers Including former special director Rajinder Kumar and
three others gives damning evidence
of their involvement in the Ishratjahan fake encounter case.
The chargesheet says Kumar allegedly took active part in the
conspiracy
-
beginning from abduct-
ing Ishrat
Jahan, Javed Sheikh,
Amjad Au Rana and Zeeshan Johar,
meetings at his residence for discussing strategy
to stage theencoun-
ter, providing arms,
can
detailsprov-
ing regular touch with Ahmedabad
Amin, Tanm Barot, with assistance
of M K Sinha and Rajeev Wankhede,
the then ACIOs of SIB, Abmedabad
abducted the deceased Amjad Au,
offi
near Gota Circle, on the outskirts of
Ahmedabad, while he was movingin
cials of SIB Ahmedabad and ofli
cials of crime branch Ahinedabad, a
an auto-rickshaw, with an intent to
secretly and wrongfully confine
hatched
between
joint operation was carried
out and supervised by Rajin
der Kumar (the then joint di
rector in Subsidiary Inteuli
r
hint
Thereafter,
confined
at
All
was
Arham Farm
House, Adalaj Road, Mimee
fl
dabad from May 26, 2004 to
gence Bureau, Ahmedabad),
June15, 2004 arranged by
G L Singhal (then ACP,
DCB, Ahmedabad city), dur
'.._s'
ing which they kept the de
IshratJahan
ceased
Zeeshan
Johar at
cusedJG Parmar."
and
Housenumberis4/l65incotaHous.
cops and entrapping and alluring
lag, ott SG Highway, Ahmedabad."
It further says, "On May 25,2004,
Javed to come to Ahmedabad from
Gandhinagat Javed was alleged to
a team of Detection Crime Branch,
Ahmedabad city comprising N K
der Kmnaz NK Amin, Singhal and
MK Sinha, Wankhede andT Mittal."
The ID then entrapped and al
dabad. "The fact is established by
analysing 6 calls made from one PCO
079-23242288
of
Rajinder Rumar's interest in the detai-
nees, it says, "During the
wrongful confinement, Amjad All
was interrogated by Vanzara, Rajin
lured Javed Sheikh to come to Ahme-
with number
ac-
Showing
Na-
reshmani Bhai Choudhry located in
Gandhinagar." The calls were made
on June 6, 2004 and two calls were
made on two numbers belonging to
Kumar and duration of calls were 53
seconds and 108 seconds.
'Careful analysis of call details
discloses within a span of 30 minutes, and in continuous
succession
from the same PCO, calls were made
to numbers used by Raj inder Kumar,
one Kirit Gadhvi (constable in Gujarat Police), an unknown number in
UAE, a landline in SIB office (Ahmedabad) and a cell number of deceased Javed," says the chargesheet.
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Noted
lawyer
leader
I-IS Phoolka
and
AAP
today
said the SGPC president's
claim that the Sikh body
lakh to a
had paid Its 42
panel
of lawyers
fighting
1984 riot cases was "false."
In a statement,
Phoolka
said: "Avtar Singh Makkar's
claim, made at the Deputy
instance,
CM's
to the
spoke
is
false.
lawyers
details of
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SGPC had paid about Rs 7
for taking
up these
careers. Instead of
being grateful to them,
Makkar is trying to
malign themfl
HS Phoolka, MP
CANDIDAIt
':: i HAdvocate
ej Phoolka
has been
giving SGPC
them."
free advice
got about Rs 5 lakh for han-
20
(lawyers)
risking their life and
He said Kamna Vohra had
dling
is indebted
to them
the fee
paid to them. I was told the
lakh to
*AT
cases,
Gurbax
k7
and fighting
Singh Its 1 lakh for four cas-
es and
Jagjit Singh
Rs
1
lakh for five cases. Jasmeet
Singh,
handling
had not
been paid any fee.
He said
all of them were
5
cases,
established lawyers.
"The Sikh community is
indebted to
them for risk-
ing their life and
taking
careers
these
up
Makkar,
cases.
at
the
instancè.of' Sukhbir Radal,
trying
is
to
malign
massacre. lam
ashamed my institution
is belittling and vilifying
PhoolkaM
Bibi Kiranjot Kaur, SGrC
MEMBER
by
Instead of being grateful to
them,
No politics will be
tolerated on the 1984
the
lawyers. Sukhbir is creating
an atmosphere wherein no
DSGMC flays Phoolka
NewDeihI: The Delhi unit of
the SAD today asked HS
Phoolka on what moral
ground he was contesting as
the candidate of a party that
had formed government in
lawyer will come forward to
Delhi with the Congress
fight cases against the likes
support. "The move has
of
Sajjan
Kumar
and
The MSSF today claimed
that ever
filed
a
since the CR1 had
closure
report
shocked the Sikhs," said
DSGMC chief ManjitSingh.
1''tler," Phoolka said.
in
favour of Congress' .Jagdish
ManjinderSingh Sirsa,
DSGMC general secretarç
said huge payments had
been made to advocates recommended by
Phoolka. "It
'1'tler in 2007, the case was
being handled by a panel of
none of the cases contested
lawyers retained by the USbased 'Silths for Justice'.
conclusive end,'
needs to be checked why
bythe panel have reached a
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However, the CDI told the
NEWDELHI, FEBRUARY 21
court that the flat had never
been allotted to anyone.
A CBI court on 'Iliesday
sentencedthree
persons—a DDA
Mehra convicted Dealing As-
official, a retired lieutenant
sistant Satyavir Sthgh property
colonel and a property
Special CDI Judge Rajiv
dealer
dealerAnil Kumar andLtCol
—to threeyears' imprisonment
(retd) S K Behi on counts of
unallotted flat by
cheating, forgery and provi-
for selling an
fraudulentn,eans.
sions of the Prevention of Cor-
According to the CBI, the
DDA
niption Act. The
cowl also fin-
officials in nexus with
property dealers had forged
documents pertaining toa flat
Rs 65,000 and Rs 40,000, re-
in Vasant Kunj area and sold
others were acquitted due to
it
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posed
fines
spectively
of Rs
30,000,
on the three. iWo
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Travel operators
rob AT of!2Ocr
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
taketheirfamilytoadomestic
destination once a year at sub-
New Delhi: The ailing Air
India, which was recently hit
sidized cost. Al has alerted
CBI of "possible involvement
by the LTC scam, has report-
of other
edly
stumbled upon another
case of fraud involving crores
non-governmentalagencies."
in a scheme meant for family
At's internal probe
members of employees of the
that in one particular sector
alone the alleged fraud in-
state-run airline. The case
has been referred to CBI after
a discreet probe launched by
the vigilance department of
the public carrier unearthed
a scam in its Family. Fare
Scheme (FFS) in which the
cash-strapped airline was defrauded, sources said.
The help of CBI for furtherprobe was sought by the
vigilance department since
the case had all-India ramifications, the
governmental
and
A CBI official said that
found
volved 5,916 tickets. The resaid the travel operator
port
"indulged
in
fraudulently
altering the fare on flown
coupons to higher amount
than the fare shown on the
audit coupons and thus presumably keeping the excess
amount which is difference
of fare as per flight coupons
and the audit coupons."
The loss from the fraud
sources added.
Under the FF8, concession is given to employees of
could be as high as Rs 15-20
crore over a period of time.
Fortliefulireport, logan
the airline in which they can
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