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in Saini case: HC
official summoned
Harish
barish
Nair
nair@hinduslantimes
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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has
summoned an official of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court
THE CBI CLAIMS SAINT,
THEN SSP OF LUDHIANA,
NU RS ED A ORUDOE
AGAINST VINOD AND
to seek an explanation for the
disappearance of some crucial
documents relating to a highprofile kidnap and murder
Ms Sandhu, Paramjit Singh and
was registered on
-
case from its record room.
Punjab's vigilance department
BC Tiwari
director, SS Saini, is an accused
Haryana High Court.
in the case.
In response to a plea filed by
the CBI, additional sessionsjudge
Delhi by the Supreme Court on
the plea of Vinod's mother
Narinder Kumar of the Tis
Hazari court asked an official of
"powerful accused might influ-
the HC
registrar officeth appear
on Monday and inform how the
documents went missing
Businessman Vinod Kumar,
the orders of the Punjab and
The trial was transferred to
Amar Kaur who said that the
ence
trial".
The
missing
his brother-in-law Ashok Kumai
and their driver Mukhtiyar
ing
Singh had been taken into cuson February 23, 1994, at a
pearance, and
tody
police station in Ludhiana. They
later went missing.
The CBI claims that Saini
(the then SSF of Ludhiana)
documents
include affidavits filed by
Vinod in the high court, makcertain allegations against
the police before his disapcution
by some proseagainst
witnesses
Saini. All accused
booked
have been
for kidnapping with
the
intention to murder,
wrongful confinement and
nursed a grudge against Vinod
and booked him in a case of economic offences. The case against
criminal conspiracy. Pleading
Saini and three junior cops
Court.
-
innocence, they have challenged
the charges in the Delhi High
Govt delaying prosecution
of ex-CMD of coal PSU
THE CBI HAD FILED
Rajesh Ahuja
"
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corn
PU A DPrOUCCT At' A RIOT
UI IMIULQI ILL U MUMIIO I
NEW DELHI: The coal ministry is
dithering over sanctioning prosecution of former chairmancum-managing
South
Limited
Eastern
(SECL)
director
of
Coalfields
MP Dixit.
The CBI had sought permis-
sion to prosecute
Dixit on
November 1 last year.
The probe agency filed charg-
secretary or above, the agency
requires prior sanction to initi
ate investigation but in trap
MP DIXIT, BUT WITHOUT
the lawmandates that no
COA
RAIthSTRV MODcases
NL
suchsanctionisrequired," said
COURT CANNOT TAKE
an official of the CBI.
According to information
COGNISANCE OF IT
IVUNU
available with HT, after receiv-
SECL is a 'mini ratna' company ofthe government.
an officer of the rank of joint
ing CBFs
tracts with SECL, Bilaspur. The
chargesheet said Singh agreed
to pay the amount to the per
son nominated by Dixit in Delhi.
request for prosecution sanction, the coal ministry
referred the matter to the law
ministry. The law ministry con-
esheet in the case on December
The CBI had put Dixit and
another accused under surveil
eluded that in Dixit's case, the
CBI should have sought prior
sanction to initiate probe. The
31, 2011 against nine accused,
including Dixit, but without the
lance. On May 25, 2010, a CBI
team reached the spot where
law ministry also termed the
evidence against Dixit
weak
prosecution sanction, the court
has not been able to take cog-
the alleged bribe money was to
change hands. The probe
"But government norms state
nisance of the chargesheet.
agencyrecoveredBolalthfrom
Dixit is an additional secretary rank officer and the
probe
agency needs prior government
themanwhowasallegedlynom
sanction to prosecute him.
The Clii had alleged Dixit
demanded and agreed to accept
1crore for favouring Vijendra
Singh of Bedford Group of companies,
which had signed con
mated to get the money. Dixit
was arrested the next day.
"We have records of tele
phone conversations between
the accused, including Dixit, to
prove the charge. We have cor
roborative evidence also. It was
a trap case. Though, in case of
as
thatafterformingtentativeview
on the sanction the ministry
concerned should seek the
Central Vigilance Commissioth
advice. In this case the coal mmistry hasn't sought any advice
from the C\TC, rather it sent the
matter to the law ministry" a
source said.
(With inputs
from
Nagendar Sharma)
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Ernakulam) with his employ-
ees as
New Delhi, 12 February
Realty
firm
directors and shareholders of these, the CR! has
Emaar-MGF
had allegedly created
(EMLL)
alleged in the chargesheet,
filed in a Hyderabad court.
10 companies in the name of
its employees on directions
companies
of its managing director to
prime plots in the project,
prime
usurp
being
land
developed near Hyderabad,
causing loss to a state-mn
firm, the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) has said
in its chargesheet.
By an agreement dated
The
purpose
was
of
these
to
block
which could be sold at premium rates at a later stage,
the agency said.
When contacted, an official spokesperson for Emaar
MOE said, "We are yet to
receive
a
copy
of
the
January 29, 2005, about 100
villa plots under the Andhra
chargesheet.
Pradesh Industrial Infrastru-
comment. We have full faith
cture Corporation were to be
sold at the market rates and It
and confidence in the law of
was
the
responsibility
of
EMLL to fix these. However,
the
company did not take
any action In this regard.
The matter Is
sub judice and we cannot
the land and as a responsible
corporate, we are providing
the information being asked
and
supporting
all
enquiries.
The case related to the
land scam of Hyderabad in
which principal home secretary
B P Acharya and other
bureaucrats are also accused
of hatching a conspiracy to
CN carried out Investiga-
tions on
the
the instructions of
Andhra
Pradesh
high
court, after it was found that
funds
for setting up these
were allegedly
companies
cheat the exchequer of t43.5
transferred from Discovery
crore,
Estates Private Limited, In
while
Land Ltd and
Emaar
Emaar
MOE
Dubai-based
Proper-ties
PJSC
which Shravan Gupta arid his
wife hold 99 per cent shares.
crore.
These companies allegedly
Managing director Shravan
blocked 18 plots at a meagre
Gupta allegedly gave instruc-
(5,000 per sq
tions to acquire or incorpo-
2010, while the market rates
minted
rate
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Delhi
and
three
in
were
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agency said.
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Praful Patel's tenure
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In-house probe into pay-off allegations concerning a
$100-million AirIndia contract in 2007, when Praful
Patelwasthe CMI aviation minister, a charge which
he has rubbished as "baseless and preposterous".
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ten firms to usurp
prime land, says CBI
New Dcliii: Reality
finn
Emaar-MGP (EMLL)
had
allegedly created 10 companies in the name of its
employees on directions of its MD to usurp prime
land being developed near Hyderabad,
causing loss
to
a state-run firm, the CBI has said in its chargesheet.
The Cl! alleged that as per the
agreement dated
January 29, 2005, over 100 vifia plots under
Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure
Corporation (APIIC) were to be sold at the
premarket rates and it was the responsibility
of EMLL to fix the rates in accordance with the
vailing
pre-
market rates. However, the
take any action in this regard.
vailing
company did not
The case related to the land scam of Hyderabad
in which Principal Home Secretary of the State BP
Acharya and other bureaucrats are also accused
of allegedly hatching conspiracy to cheat
the achequer of ?43.50 crore while Emaar MGP Land Ltd
and Dubai-based Emaar Properties
minted
PJSC
tl67.29 crore.
-
Managing Director EMLL Shravan Gupta
allegedly gave "instructions" to acquire or incorporate 10 companies (seven in Delhi
Ernakulam)
directors and
and three in
his company's employees as
shareholders of these companies, the
with
has alleged in the chargesheet filed in
a
Hyderabad court.
CBI
The purpose of these companies
was to block
the project which could be sold at
prime plots in
premium rates at a later stage, the agency said.
When contacted, official spokesperson for
Emaar-MGF said,
chargesheet. The
"We are yet
natter is sub
to receive
a copy of
judice and we can-
on the same.
have full faith and confidence in
not comment
"We
the law
of the land and as a responsible
corporate we are
providing the information being asked and
sup-
porting all inquiries".
The CII which carried out investigations
on the
instructions of Andhra Pradesh High Court after
found that funds for setting these companies
were allegedly transferred from the Discovery
Estates Private Limited in which Shravan Gupta and
his wife hold 99 per
cent shares.
it was
These companies allegedly blocked 18 plots at
a meagre ?5,000 per square yards in the year 2010
while the market rates were
50,000 per square
yards, the agency said
PTI
CBI harassing
'
innocent people:
Bishnois, Jats
LOKPAL SETHI
eaders
JAIPUR
of Bishnoi
and
Jat
ommunity at a large rally in
Jodhpur on Sunday came down
heavily on the CBI by alleging
that its
sleuths in
the name of
investigation in Bhanwari Devl
case were harassing the innocent
people. They also alleged that
Chief Minister
Ashok
Gehiot is
innocent
people
was
stopped, they would take
not
to the
streets of Jaipur and Delhi. He
said that they would soon
meet
the President of India to submit
a memorandum against the style
of functioning of the
agency in
this case. They would also
meet
the Chief Minister to desist him
for systematically destroying the
leadership of these communities
in western Rn) asthan to scrve his
political interests.
The rally was also addressed
by former BJP Lok Sabha member,
Jaswant Bishnoi and other
leaders of the Jat commtmity
Generally women of these comstays away from these
raffles, but Sunday's rally wit-
leaving no stone unturned to
politically marginailse leaders
munities
these communities,
counter-productive for
nessed a good turnout ofwomen
members as well,
him and the Congress
party.
The leaders of Kisan Kesari
Sangharash Samiti, darned that
no objection in interrogating the
culprits in this case by the CBI,
prove
which would
it was the rally of all
the Chhatis
Kaum (36 castes and communities), but it
was more of a show
of strength ofBishnois and Jats.
Supporters of sacked Minister
Mahipal Maderna and Congress
MLA from Luni, Malkhan Singh,
who are behind bars
for their
alleged involvement in kidnapping and killing the nurse, were
behind organsing the rall)c which
was held at Gaushala Ground.
Keeping in the view the
charged atrnosphere against the
CBI, tight security arrangements
were made at the venue, where
people started arriving around
noon. Kuldeep
Bishnoi, Lok
member from flissar and
patron of All India Bishnoi
Samaj, said if harassment of
Sabha
Speakers said
but
that they
had
there is not justification in
quizzing persons
like the
elder-
ly
Amari Devi, mother of
Malkhan Singh and wife ofstal-
wart Bishnoi leader, Late Ram
Singh Bishnoi, who is not even
remotely involved in the case
In fact, the CBI invited the
wrath of social organisations for
summoning Amari Dcvi for two
days. As she could not bear the
stress of questioning, she was
taken ill and was hospitailsed.
Since then the CBI sleuths,
who are getting ready to file the
fmal chargesheet in
have
become
Speakers said
the case,
defensive.
that
agency
sleuths in this case were not
impartial and working ona particular
line of instructions.
Reporters grouse
Finally,
CBI beat reporters can surf television news channels at the media lounge of
the state-of-the-art agency's headquarters,
Months after the inauguration ofthe building
by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in April
last, a TV set has been finally installed in the
lounge. The administration officials
also installed a water dispenser, but the
reporter? persistent demand for a signal
media
have
booster
is yet to be realised. Mobile network
most of the service providers are
unavailable in the lounge. This makes life
signals of
tough for television journos in particular, who
have
to report important events in real time.
Will the authorities take initiatives to get the
signal booster installed?
PROTESTS OVER MLA
MOTHER SUMMONS
Jalpur The Blshnoi commumembers proteste
on
nity
Sunday In ‚Jodhpur against
summoning of Amri Dcvi by
the CBl In the Bhanwari Dcvi
death case and the leaders of
the community demanded
action against the CBI officials. Addresslng the gather
Ing, Haryana Janhit Congress
MP Kuldeep Blshnol criticised
the agency and said lt was
Insulting to summon such an
elderly wpman.The leaders
%ald
rVteVloffeV bt
")äiled oness MLAMälkhan
Slngh, had been summoned
by the agency and such
action was amountlng to
defaming the community,
CBI trains officials to trace black money
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, FEB. 12
The CBI
has
decided to
train its of
icers to investigate and
reeDve
black
money
that
has
been
deposited in tax havens
aboard. Thls isa Dort ofthe
training programme hUt!at&t by the Interpol on
anti-corruptinn and asset
recovery for prosecutors.
The first phase of this
fraining egercise begins ort
Menday.
Accurding
to
CBI
a
spokesperson,
the
basic
idea behind launehing this
programme is to enhance
the knowledge and skiiis of
investigators and prosediltors in
assets
frackin
of
mass corruption, aM mak
Ing effective use of legal
assistance in international
and trans-bcrder investi
gations.
shc-day
training,
The
which will be inaugurated
by minister of state tor personnel V. Narayanasamy,
would be a Erst such international training exercise
tor police officers, investigators ancl prosecutors of
Interpol
member
counines,
Thirty
police
otticers
froni clifferent countries,
includingAustralia,
Afghanistan,
China,
Hongkong, Sri Lanka, the
Kingdom,
United
Indonesia,
Eh!,
Malaysia.
Nepal, Singapore and the
Phillipines will be particiiiathng in the programme
also, The agenda of the
exercise will include taik
senior officers of the
Interpol and the CBL
"Representatives of the
UNODC, sonor otlicers of
the
enforcement
directorate, experts fron the
by
American Bar Association,
chartered accountants aM
cyber forensie experts will
also skare their experience
and expertise with the participants," Ute oflicial said.
The Clii itself 15 tavestinumber of corruption cases including 20
gating a
spectnim
allocation
Oase,
CWG case and Bofors oase,
in wl-iich proceeds have
ailegedly been taken to tax
havens.
'NRHM scam started 2005,
CBI probingonly 2-yr periöd'
BabuSingh
For the past
Kushwahä
and-a-haif years,
the BSP has been
Q&A
seven!
supporting the
UPA govemment
to save itseif
An accused
from the
in the NRHM
scam, Babu
k After'
Singh
20!!,
peeple
r"i abn
Stngh Kushwaha,
Ijwho
tund hirnseif
tataUDectrttl:eBhe
headljnes'in Jarntarrwhtn
ha jotned Ilse Bharattya
Janata Party, has maintained an unsaay sdonce
after las was expelled from
tue DSP in November wisen
ha wrote as lelter In UP ratet
minister Mayawati sterns
Ihr threat
so lila IlSe.
Exeerpis:
QWbYdid*hishappen?
A L vidently UIBy wanted 8
scapegoat
ruptioio 00
Babu
Sirigb
Kusliwaha (centre)
electton raty ah Mkzapur
tisink that the
thr
1 is,
asto be
ta it tihan what
warnt
sS Ute eye.'
Why is Ute CB
A When the NBBM funds
In, asentoroffteer
Same
was made the dtrector and
he had all the tinanelal
powere vested In hirn. As
1
was
making
go,
'mg sow in
probe of inurders?
not
pai'
CAG report polnts tut only
cml
procedural
agalnstyou?
else 1 would hase aeted.
Suddenty.
a grast den'of
hue mao rry ta belog made
over 11w ecam hut Sven Hie
tranaactiona.
bungling
brought
was
The
never
1° my notice
05
corruption
was magnifled in Order to
etivert the attention away
fron ehe inuadors? Why ii
ehe Cm gomg dow in
1
investipeing
Ute murdere?
QTI*r
To what extent 2 your
lnv6lvement In Hie NIWM
minister,
more to lt than what
meets fte eye, Dunt you
thing
beng mv dered
nside h
mentsor doing any finan-
A 1 was qtiiet because 1
kaew ilse melle would not
listen so whatl hei tu say. A
n tip. an Fr]day.
securfty
errors
sud
nothing more.
tot about wisst
bappenet bot 1 woutd Ike
not Idee tu comwent on lt
because 11w
CRI
DOW
Jean say
a
lnquiry ja an,
0: And what abont the
murdert of medicat ofilrare that tookplace during
ehe team?
k Jr people art beine meerdered meide high-seeurity
jails. there hattebe
some
ror
aB 11w cor
11w goveromeot
because for the rast Seren
sud a half yean, Ilse BSP
has been aupporting Oho
LIrA governmertt to save
itaelffron Oho CRI in vor!
'ii peopk a
stonflblÖWtL
invotved In
Wby
during an
seotion of the medta bad
siready deeadod that t was
grnity and bad pronounced
their verdtot before Bio
nation. 1 knew thom was
tome management behissd
this tirade agalnst mo. 1
these So keep qsstet Ii» Oho
bave you beet so
quiet aU
these rnonths?
Why dld you
not elear the
charges
eir
about the
Q
wltb money and
mal cases agalnot nie. My
relatives and asspporesrs
were belog framet set
when 1 OcM Ms Mayawati
abteil ihsa. Abc asket ne lt
Iceep quiet.
lt lt signitleant
that 1 was not expelled
when the NRHM scam
berame public hut enly
after 1 wrote Ihe letter te
the chief minister. As tor
"hohnehbing" wsth other
Parties, it was only Ost ilse
direetives er ilse Chlor mmiator thal
1 met sud spoka
in aome congress lasters,
he had suf-
months.
in April
ofticers and
contraets Co hie taue crim-
revealed how
these
resigned
anne
I3SP kaders started luring
Kushwaha,
for the first
time, broke
his
silence and in
an exclusive
Interview to
AMITA
VERMA,
ferecf in
silence all
CBI in
various cases
have beet aflefl.
tions ilias ihere ii caste
discrimh,aften by the CBI
aM yen 200 an easy target?
A: The facto apoak for
Ihemselves. The NRHM
tessin.
aceording
so reporta
ttegan
in 2005 aM 1 was
ministerStr family welfare
from May 2000 50 April
2011. lt je 001y w tenure
IliaS ii being
inveatigatecl
while ne mention ja masSe
eS the romaimng parkst.
10 ehe team Spant six
years, Mw ja enly Oho-tate
year period inder ocniti
ny. nesjdes. several otricoca ansl leadera whe teere
alegelly
a1egelly
005
invohed In the
to ho interre
mess arG yet
gated,
Q
You eerved fig BSP fir
niere
than 24) yeara ehen
why CM ebings go virong
eiaddenly?;
1 hadoooireet.thfllce
wich Ne Mayawi4ei hut
some people around her
apparently wanted nie
out.
\Vhen things turneaC dongerocls, 1 wroto a letter 10
her almut ehe threat Co my
life from thom peoplo dose
to her md ehe leiter was
deliberalely leakod
to ehe
mcdii so Ilias ehe obig
minister wonld ha foroed
Co take action agatnst mc.
Their plan sticceoded.
g bw db things become
uneasy 88 370t1 inenttoned?
Was lt because you wsre
hobnobblng wsth other
parties?
cases.
Q: fee stonn that erupted
when you jolned tbc BJP
cotildhave been avolded lt
youhadapokenupthen.
k 1 knew na ine wauld listen to nie beesine noney
hadehanged
hands so gute
hit stidd ueanugsnts basig
ole.
Theret&e,
when
things
hecame rafftet
unconefos-table,
1
eTote
to
ehe BJI° president to pat
'na' memberehip on hold.
Q: What do yen Plan in the
Future?
k
1 will first ctcar mv
name in ehe NRHM team
antl ihm campaign againat
quota within limit which
1$ unfair to IILa antl
nett
hackward caatea, Smce 11w
BIP Ii Itt only party
ja
whlch
oppoaing piota
within qunta, 1 will auppoti ii antl 1 am alao rampaigning tor
ii.
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CBI trains sleuths to
track black money
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
22crore high-value
New Delhi: The CBI will from
Monday begin a training exercise
for
its investigators
on
ways to recover black money
stashed abroad as part of Interglobal programme on an-
pol's
ti-corruption
and asset recov-
eryforprosecutors,
"The purpose of this global
deals under I-T lens
n a major crackdown, the
I incometax department has
under its scanner more than 22
crore instancesofIigh-value
transactions in the country and
abroad which include unreported
creditcard operations
real-estate deals. The deobtaine through
programme is to enhance the
knowledge and skills of inves-
and
tigators
itsdatamining and intelligence
and
prosecutors
in
partment has
1
tracking assets of mass corand making effective
use of legal assistance in inter-
tools, instances of unreported
transactions involving an
estimated amount of Rs 2,000
national
vestigations," CBI
crore. The step is seen as a major
drive to garner as much revenue
sonDhariniMishrasaid.
as possible by the department
ruption,
and transborder inspokesper-
The six-day
training programme, which will be inaugurated by MoS for personnel V
Narayanasamy, wifibe the first
such international training exercise
for cops, investigators
and
prosecutors of
member countries.
Interpol
before the fiscal closes and the
budgetary target of Rs 5.32 Iakh
crore is achieved.
pTu
cers
of
the
Enforcement
Directorate, experts from the
American
Bar
chartered
accountants
Association,
The CBI wifi host 30 police
officers from Australia,
Af-
and
cyber experts will also share
their experience and expertise
ghanistan, China,
with
Hong Kong,
Sri Lanka, the UK, Indonesia,
Fiji, Malaysia,
the
participants,"
the
agency said.
Nepal, Singaandthe Philippines.
The CBI is Investigating a
number of corruption cases in
The agenda will include
talk by senior officers of Inter-
which proceeds have allegedly
been taken to tax havens and
the agency is trying to decipher
pore
pol
and the CBI. "Representa-
tives
of UNODC, senior offi
the money trail.
'Emmaar-MGF proxies usurped AP land'
CBI Says Realty Firm Created 10 Fronts To Deprive Andhra Govt Body Of Profits
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New
The purpose of these
Deihi/Hyderabad:
CBI recenfly riled a chargesh-
eat
in a land scam case in
Andhra rradesh in which it
said that realty firm Emaar
MGF (EMLL) aflegedly created
10 companies in the name
of its employees on three-
companies was to
block prime plots
being developed near
Hyderabad, which
could be later sold
at a premium
tions of its MD to usurp
prime land being developed
and it was the responsibility
of EMLL to fix the rate. How-
near 1-lyderabad, causing loss
to a state-nm firm.
ever, the company did not take
any action in this regari
The Cm alleged that as per
the agreement dated January
The case relates to the
land scam of 1-lyderabad in
292005,over lOOvillaplotsum-
which the state's principal
home secretary B P Acharya
and other bureaucrats are al-
der Andhra Pradesh
Industri-
al
Corpora-
Wrastructure
tion (APIIC) were tobe
the prevailing
sold at
market
rate
so
accused of allegedly hat-
ching
a
conspiracy to
cheat
the exchequer of Re 43.50
crore while EMLL and Dubat-based Emaar Properties
the APhigh court, after it was
found that funds for setting
up these companies were ad-
CET alleged that it was never
transferred to the books
accounts
of
EI-ITPL to deprive APIIC from its due revenue share.
of
PJSQearnedRsl67,2gcrore
legedly transferred
EMLL managingdirector
Shravan Gupta allegedly ga-
covery Estates Private Limit-
ve "instructions" to acquire
or incorporate 10 companies
and
his wife hold 99% shares
Accusing the company of
alleged
The
CIII
that
EHTPL was a shell company
managed by employees and
(seven in Delhi and three in
Ernakulam) with his company's employees as directors
conspiracy
criminal
and
cheatingbesides othercharg-
officials of EMLL with the
sole purpose to deprive API-
es
IC of profits and misappro-
mid shareholders, the CBI allegedinthe chargesheet rued
inaHyderabad court.
Code,
The purpose of these comwas to block prime
panies
in the project which
could be sold at a premium
inlet: the agency said.
plots
The Cfllcarried out inveson instructions of
tigations
from Dis-
ed, in which Shravan Gupta
under the Indian Penal
the CBI alleged that
priate revenues from the pro"256.36 acres of land was
further assigned hy MIs
EMIL sold another set of 102
villa plots and misappropri-
ject.
ated the amount.
EIjTPL
The
found that Rs
was payable to
agency
48 crore
Emaax Hills
vate
Limited
EMLL, which
Thwnship
(EHTPL)
f'riby
was to be further shared with APIIC. The
in favour of M/s
Emhar MGF Land Ltd vide
development agreement dated
July 25, 2007
without
the
consent of APIIC, though It
had 26% equity in the said
land," the CBI alleged.
Praful faces CM
in-house probe
into bribe charge
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New
Delhi:
The
CR!
has
started an in-house prçbe into allegations of pay-off in
the award of a $100 million
Air India contract in 2007
when PrafU! Pate! was the civil aviation minister. Pate! has
denied the charge as "baseless and preposterous".
The
Royal
Mounted
Po!ice
Canadian
had
ap-
CR1 sources said the matter was
proached
the probe agency
through diplomatic channels
being probed by the agency's
informing it about the scanda! and
allegations
made
against Indo-Canadian busi-
regular case yet Praful Patel had
denied the charges as 'baseless'
nessman
Karigar had claimed that he
had met Patel through for-
Nazir Karigar, who
claimed that he had paid a
bribe of $250,000 to an aide of
Pate!, official sources said.
The contract has since been
scrapped.
secret unit and it was not a
mer
Mumbai Police commissioner Hasan Gafoor and allegedly
paid
the
bribe
The CDI had reasked the Canadian
amount to the minister's aide
for pushing the contract In
authorities for a statement
from Karigax who, according
his favour. The contract was,
cently
to a
Canadian
newspaper,
however, scrapped after Internal objections by officials
was to be prosecuted by the
authorities in Torpnto under
of Airindiaand the civilavia-
the newly legislated Foreign
statement
Public Officials Act.
CDI sources said the matter was being probed by the
carrying out further inquiry
agency's
secret unit and it
wasnot aformalprelhninary
inquiry ora regular case yet,
Alrindiahadfloatedaten-
tion
ministry The
from
written
Karigar
would be helpful to the Cm in
into the case, sources said.
A final call about registering a case would be taken by
the CBI after receiving a writ-
ten statement from Karigai
der In 2006 for computerized
passenger lace recognition
sources said. Patel had earli-
biometrics
Manmohan
system and
the
businessman was representing CrypoMetrics company
er
written
Prime Minister
Singh
the allegations
terming
as "baseless
andpreposterous".
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charges during Praful tenure
PBD
BUREAU/pti
through
diplomatic than-
agency
NEW DELHI, FEB I?
CHI has begun
in-house probe
THE
an
nels
- --
about
them
scandal
into pay-off allega-
tions
informing
and
the
alle-
Jndo-Cana-
businessman
liii 1'atel was Civil Aviation
that he had paid a
bribe of 250,000 dollars to
Minister,
a charge which
an aide
of Patel,
has rubbished as "baseless and preposterous".
sources
said
contract
has
Mounted Police (RCMP)
had approached the probe
aut-
the
newly-legislated
Foreign Public Officials
dian
Nazir
Canadian
the
inst
contract in 2007 when Pra-
Royal
prosecuted by
horities in Toronto under
USD 100 million Air India
The
from Karigar, who, according
to a Canadian
newspaper, were to be
Karigar
who
cla-
imed
today. The
since
been
system and the business-
CBI had recently
asked the Canadian auth
man was representing
CrypoMetricscomj,any.
Continued on P6
scrapped.
The
probe into graft
charges during.
Praful tenure
Act.
floated a
2006 for cornputerised
passenger face
recognition
biometrics
official
So
"
CBI begins
for a statement
gallons made aga-
concerning a
he
orities
Air India had
tender
in
-
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Karigar had claimed that he
had met Pate! through former
Mumbai
Police Commissioner
Hasan Gafoor and allegedly paid
the bribe amount to the minister's
aide for pushing the contract in
favour of his company.
The
contract
was,
however,
scrapped after internal objections
by officials of the Air India and
Civil Aviation Ministry.
The
written
statement
from
Karigar would be helpful to the
CB! in carrying out further
inquiry
into the case,
the sources said.
The alleged bribe scandal came
to light after a report in this regard
published
in
leading
a
was
Canadian newspaper Globe and
the Mail which also named Patel,
now a Heavy Industries Minister,
as an intended beneficiary of a
250,000 dollar bribe supposed to
have been given by Karigar.
A final call about registering a
case would be taken by the CIII
after receiving a written statement
from Karigar,
the sources said.
Patel was not available for cornments today but earlier he had
written
to
Prime
Minister
Manmohan Singh terming the
allegations as "baseless and preposterous".
Patel
had
said
the claims
of
bribery appeared to be "a perfect
con job" by somebody trying to
convince his company that he
could
deliver a contract
if he
is
paid.
The
Minister requested Singh
to direct Air India
to forward all
information and docu-
relevant
ments of the
any agency
tender to PMO or to
"nominated
by you"
posi-
and
also
tion"
to be conveyed to the luthor-
wanted
"factual
ities
in Canada in order to avoid
any embarrassment to the govern-
ment or
to him personally.
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and BSP for
supporting
UPA Govt
BUREAU/PTI
!BD
SULTANPUR (UP), FEB 12
ATFACICING both SF
and
supporting
for
3SF
Congress-led
UPA
Government at the Centre,
BJP leader Rajnath
Singh today charged both
senior
parties with supporting it
for "saving
their leaders
from CBI probe.
The SP and
supported
BSP have
Ctngress-led
Government at
UPA
the
Centre to save their lead-
ers
from the probe by CHI,
which is under direct control of the
Centre, Singh
said
while addressing an
election meeting here.
He
SF,
alleged that
BSP looted
while
the state,
Government did
the same at Centre.
the IJPA
Charging the
tion
parties
opposi-
with playing
the Muslim card to secure
their vote bank, Singh said
Union
Law
Minister
Salman IChurshid violated
ECs directions,
condemnable.
which is
CBI submits prob
report on Nrega
before apex court
ing the rural job guarantee
PBD BUREAU/Ph
scheme.
NEW DELHI, FEB Il
prising
The bench,
also
Swatanter
directed
and
THE
has
CDI
placed
before the Supreme Court
its report on
tion
alleged corrup-
into
tion
the investiga-
in
utilisation
of
com-
justices AK Patnaik
Uttarakhand,
Kumar,
Orissa,
Jammu
and
Kashmir and Manipur to
file affidavits making it
whether they were
clear
Central
funds by six districts of Odisha for the
following the guidelines
laid down by the Centre in
rural job guaranteestherne
2008
under Nrega.
tion
The report in a sealed
cover
was
Friday
before a bench
by Chief Justice S
headed
placed
on
for the
weeks.
investiga-
has
of
also
survey
the
the case
after four
NqO, which
The hearing on
to conduct
by
Guarantee
Act, 2005).
by which CDI was directed
provided
Rural
Employment
will
tion on the basis
Gandhi
National
with its May 12, 2011 order
reports
for Nrega
(Mahatma
H Kapadia in compliance
the
implementa-
funds
of
be
held now
The
filed a PIL on the issue,
sought
tourt'i. direc-.
tion for the CM prob&into
petitioner, CAG report and
the
large séale irregulari-
the
ties
in the implementation
National
Institute
of
Development
Rural
(NIRD).
The
of
the
alleged
irregulari-
12 last
Mayurbhanj,
to
Rayagada,
Bhawanipatna,
Koraput
and Malakangiri.
The CBI was asked to
spelt out the offences like-
to be madeagainst the
officials.
The NGO,
petitioner in
which is
the
a
matter,
had submitted that as per
the reports, there was mis-
The court
gations
both
the
I'lL,
Union
rapped
and
the
state governments for their
failure
in properly execut
notice
of
governments
and
alle-
irregularities and
diversion
of
funds
for the
Nrega.
The NGO,
Environment
Centre
and
for
Food
Security, which had conducted
claimed
ity
hearing the
had on May
issued
Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh on
December
16, 2010, while
Uttar
Madhya
Uttar
alleged
of
53 per cent
'ear
the
funds
and 88
per cent in the six districts.
The apex court had on
appropriation
between
in
and
Pradesh.
have been detected in
the districts of Kalahandi,
ties
ly
scheme
Pradesh
a
to
survey had
have found
irregularities
implementation
of
in
the
scheme.
It had alleged irregularin
Nrega
disbursement
funds meant
implementation
rural
scheme.
job
of
of
for
the
guarantee
CBI to train officers on ways
to bring back blackmoney
NEW DELHI:
The CM will begin tomorrow its first training exercise
for its investigators on ways to recover of blackmoney
stashed
abroad as part of Interpol's Global Programme on
anti-corruption
and asset
'The
recovery for prosecutors.
purpose of this Global Programme is to enhance
the knowland skills of investigators and prosecutors in tracking
assets of
mass corruption, and making effective use of legal assistance
in
international and trans-border investigations,
edge
CM
spokesperson
said
here. The six-day training, which will be
inaugurated by
Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamr
here on Monday,
woWdbe
the first such international traiin'geerdise fôrpólice offiinvestigators and prosecutor of Interpol member'
countries.
The CBI will host 30 police officers from Australia, Afghanistan,
China, Hongkong, Sri Lanka, the United Kingdom,
Indonesia, Fiji,
trs;'
Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore and the Phillipines for the training
programme. The agenda of the exercise will
include talk by senior offi-
cers
of the Interpol & the CBI.
"Representatives of the UNOUC, senior
Officers of the
Enforcement Directorate, experts from the American BrAssociation,
chartered accountants and cyber
experience and
forensic experts
will also
share
experti
the official
1ewith
with the
the participants,"
participants," the
official said.
said.
their
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The
NEW DELHI, FEB Il
purpose
companies
of these
was to block
prime plots in the project
REkLlfl
firm
which could
Emaar
of
employees
its
dirtctions
us4rp
to
prime land being
developed
near
Hyderabad, causing loss
to a
state-run firm, the
CBI has said in its
charge
CBI alleged
The
as
per
dated
the
that
grement
Ja4ury
9
2005,
100
over
villa
plots
under Andhra
Pradesh
lnd'ustrjaj
Infrastructure
cofporation
wefe
to be
(API!C)
sold
the
at
prevailing market
rates
and
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of EMLL to fix the
in accordance with
rat4s
the,
prevailing
rat4s.
pany
However
did
acEon in
not
market
the comtake any
this regard.
the
lan1 scam of Hyderabad
in-which Principal Home
Sectetary
of the state B P
Acarya
and
other
butfeaucrats
accused
of
are
also
allegedly
hat}±ing conspiracy
chat
"The case related to
the
43.50
to
exchequer of
crore
while
at
the land scam of
also accused pf
i
to cheat the excheq-
and
Land
Dubaj-based
Properties PJSC
law
ire j5toriZlin
the information being aflced and
supporting
Managing
Ltd
Emaar
minted
investigations on the
to
director
Gupta
"instruc-
acquire
incorporate
or
10
compaDelhi and
nies (seven in
three in Ernakulam) with
his company's employees as directors and
shareholders of these
companies, the CBI has
alleged in the charge
sheet
instructions of Andhra
Pradesh High Court after
it was
found
that
funds
for
Shravan
allegedly gave
all
The CBI which carried
Rs 167.29 crore.
EMLL
have full faith
confidence in the
of the land and as
a
enquiries.
43.5O cr"
MGF
we
on the
responsible corporate we
out
Emaar
and
We
and
hatching ëoiispiracy
uer
for
'We
same.
and other bureaucrats
of
is subjudice
ter
cannot comment
Home Secretary of
'are
said,
are yet to receive a copy
of charge sheet. The mat-
Hyderabad in which
tions"
The case related to
Rs
Emaar MGF
the state BP Acharya
sheet.
spokesperson
cial
on
MD
of its
sold
stage, the agency said.
When contacted, offi-
the name
cothpanies in
be
premium rates at a later
MtF
(EMLL)
had
allfgedly
created
10
filed
Hyderabad court.
in
a
setting these companies were allegedly transferred from the Discovery
Estates Private Limited in
which Shravan Gupta
and his wife hold 99
per
cent sharçs.
These
companies
allegedly
plots
5000
the
at
per
year
market
blocked
a
meagre
18
Rs
square yards in
2010
while
the
rates, were
Rs
50,000 per square yards,
the agency
said.
Bysaharkhan
n
Ralpur
THE WIFE of a senior police officer,
critically wounded in a landmine
blast, has alleged that the Chhattlsgarh Police
"forced" her husband
to remain In a Maoist-hit area for 10
years because they could not pay
up for a transfer.
Additionalsuperintendentofpolice US.
Marawl's wife Radhalashed out at senior
officers for not heeding her husband's
pleas seelclngtransfer out ofthe Maoists-
areas because he did not pay a bribe.
Two constables were killed and three others were wounded Includingthe ASP to a
blast triggered by Maoists In SiEnna district
on Thursday. The Injured were air-Lifted to
flalpurfrom Bastar for medical treatment.
"He (Maraud) had twice written to higher
authorities seeking transfer but no
one ustened. We don't have 'Illegally
earned' money and since we
It is ridiculous to blame the
couldn't
he
remained
pay
transparent transfer process and
deployed In the Maoists strongpolicy. These are undertaken In
hold for SO years," Raha said
accordance with the nies and at
pointing flogers at police officers
the government leveL" said Earn
responsible for transfer of police
Niwas, additional director general
personnel In the state.
of police (anti-Maoist operation).
Tears welling in her eyes sitting
Admitting that Marawi had
outside the Intensive care unit of
sought a transfer the ADO said he
was given
a safer position equivalent to a commandant of armed
posted
police training centre in flastar,
past
years
"He was not deployed on the
field. Rather what surprised us
was his choice to follow a risky
Ram Krishna Care Hospital where
route and visit Poiampalli from
her husbandis admitted she recolDornapal,
a known Maoist
lected how her children always
hotbed, by road instead of using
Insisted their father not venture
the chopper to return In the
Into the Interior areas and seek a
evening,' Itrun Niwas said.
transfer to a secure plate since he
A senior officer based In Bastar
Is on Maoists hit list.
stated that Marawl's decisionitself
Thls Is his third miraculous
becomes a matter of Investigation
eacape from a attack by the
since it ied to
death of two
Maolsts$ she said. After the blast
policemen.
the guerrillas opened firing on the
Marawi was reportedly called by a
jeep In which MaraM was travelvisiting team of CBS In Dantewada
ling with the
to depose before it in connection
police team.
But top policeofficers rubblshed
with the attack on activist Swami
theallegation.
Avdveth by a mob in March201L
hit
Was
bothed for
In Maoist
10
thfr
-
ASP 0.5. Marawi's wife Radha (left)
was not shifted
areas because he did
not pay a bribe to senior officers.
has alleged Marawl
out of Maoist
officers on ways to
CBI to train
bring back black money
Press
Trust of India
-
The
six-day
SIX
LraiuLllg,
ficers of the Interpol and
which will be inauguratedby
Minister of State for Person
CBI.
nel,
UNODC, senior Officers
its investigators
Narayanasamy
V
here on Monday, would be
rate, experts
abroad as part of Interpol's
Global Programme on anti-
the first such international
training exercise for police
officers, investigators
and
New Delhi, Feb.l2
The CM will begin tomorrow
first training exercise for
its
on ways to
recover black money stashed
corruption
and asset recov-
for prosecutors.
"The purpose of this Global Programme is to enhance
the knowledge and skills of
investigators
and prosecutors in tracking assets of mass
corruption, and making effective use of legal assistance
ery
in
international
border
and
trans-
investigations," a CBI
spokesperson said here.
Mr
Interpol
of
prosecutors
member countries.
Afghanistan, China,
Hong
Kong, Sri Lanka, the
United
Malaysia,
Indonesia,
Fiji,
Nepal, Singapore
and the Philippines
for the
training programme.
The agenda of the exercise
will
include talk by
the
ican
senior
of
of
the
of
Enforcement Directofrom the AmerBar
Association,
chartered accountants and
cyber forensic experts will
also
The CIII will host 30 pOlice officers from Australia,
Kingdom,
"Representatives
the
share
their experience
and expertise with the par-
official said.
itself is investigating a number of corrup-
ticipants," the
The CBI
tion
cases
including
213
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CWG case and Bofors case, in
which proceeds have allegedly been taken to tax havens
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Warrant of wisdom
IT will indeed be very
"imprudent
to leave
to the CBI
the decision to initiate and
conduct investigation (Governanceafter2G', IE, February
9). It's absurd to
argue
that
innocent people should have
"nothing to fear' and that the
courtswill have to be convinced
for conviction, etc. The
psychological damage to the
individual and to thefamily
caused by police investigations, not to speak of arrest,
etc, is horrendous. Also, every
decision-making process in
government cannot be
governed by rules in letter or
spirit. Difficulttrade-offs are
involved in every major
government decision and
they call for the exercise of
judgement in giving policy
advice to ministers.
-
R. Venkatanarayanan
CBI probe sought into nun's death
Bindu
NEW
Shajan Perappadan
DELHI:
An
independent
fact-finding team of social activists
and lawyers
manded
that
a
has
judicial
or a probe by the
Central Bureau of Investiga-
tion
be initiated into the a!-
leged murder
of Catholic nun
Valsa John at Pachuwara village
of Pakur
district in
Jharkhand on
November
15,
2011.
Sister Valsa was hacked to
death by a gang of assailants
inside her rented accommodation in
the village. The nun
hailing from Kerala, was Yeportedly
spoke to the villagers in the
area about the "murder."
team.
the'We
rights by way of rehabilitation.
"There must also be a comprehensive
investigation into
entire
de-
enquiry
murdered for her so-
cial
work with the tribals in
uniting and mobilising them
in opposition to the mining in
I-
the area and then for ensuring
th
they got their due
the scenario of violence in the
Mines and murder
Member of
the fact-finding
team John Dayal said on Sunday: 'We were shocked
at the
apathy of the State authorities and the control
management
have gained
of
that
the
the
tines
the
region
where human rights
groups
in
have tried to assert issues of
identity and the tribal? own-
area which has in recent
times seen more than three
violent deaths, police firing
and
deep-rooted
among
unrest
the Santhal tribals,"
want that the enquiry
should go thoroughly into the
circumstances
in
which the mine was leased to
the Punjab State Electricity
Board and its private partner,
and the role, if any, ofthe coal
mafia. Posthumously, Sr. Val-
sa
is being vilified by vested
said Mr. Dayal.
interests that need to be iden-
"The people in the village
also told the team that prior
to this killing, in Pachuwara
tified
several villagers, namely Vijay
Ilembrom, Joseph Soren
ership
of the land which has
been taken away from them."
and Raghuvir Ray, were allegedly murdered as they were
The team from Delhi had
recently travelled to the coal
mines in Jharkhandleased by
with
and
the people
later
their
protesting
death
was
and their role investi-
gated.
There
has
been
a
concerted effort in the local
media also to cast aspersions
on her integrity and even her
character. It is important that
thorough
investigations
are
carried out not just into her
murder,
but
the grassroots
the Punjab State Electricity
dumped as mere accidents,"
said advocate
Sister Mary
Board and said that they also
situation and events since the
mine was leased out by the
Scaria,. another
government," she added.
member
of
CBI would not hound
honest
RK.
officials
Raghavan
9"here is no
I tral
question that
Bureau
of
the Cen
Investigation
THE HINDU
(CIII) must
conduct a credible and
fair investigation into the various
corruption cases it has taken up in
Andhra Pradesh, as stated by S. Nagesh Kumar
in The IIindn ("W'hy are
politicians not being investigated,
lAS officials ask," February 10.2012).
Bureaucrats
in Andhra Pradesh are
the recent arrest of two
oftheircolleagues by the CDI. What I
point
want to
out is that it gives the
investigating agency no pleasure to
agitated over
go after its colleagues in the adminis-
trative service, and
extreme step,
it
if it has
taken this
must be for good
reason.
One official. Home Secretary B.P.
Acharya.
with the
is in trouble in
connection
Emaar Properties
case. The
other, Y. Srilakshmi, is suspected for
misconduct
in the
Obulapuram
Mining case. Two others, LV. Subramanyam and Ky. Rao, figure in the
CDI charge sheet filed in the Emnar
case.
The State lAS Officers' Association
has accused the CIII of violating established procedure. Officers
are upset at being hauled up for
the
misdeeds of
their Ministers, None of
this is conducive to good administration. Several States, including Tamit Nadu, have gone through a
similar phase in the past. The ultimate sufferer is the common man,
who is even otherwise dissatisfied
with the service he receives from the
bureaucracy.
The complaint by Andhra Pradesh
bureaucrats that the CBI is arbitrary
in dealingwith senior civil servants is
only half true. Undeniably, the investigating agency is neither omniscient nor infallible. It has certainly
committed mistakes in the past. It is
liable to lapse into wrongful action in
the future as well.
According to my information,
Home Secretary Acharya was arrested only at
an advanced stage of the
Investigation and not before, howevmuch
lAS is true of many
States where the
situation is even worse. Why is this
so? Until about a decade or two ago,
the penalty for not obliging a capricious and dishonest minister was an
unwelcome transfer from one job to
another or from one location to another,
a
'Siberian posting," as my
mentor, the
venerable
VII.
Lakshcolourfully.
That chill seems element compared
lo the danger these days of physical
harm to the officer who puts his foot
minarayan once put it
so
down on an illegal request, and his'
family too. This miasmic atmosphere
is enough to turn
away many a talented young man or wonlan from evea
considering a career in the civiL
services.
Ilonestypays
But it
is also true that senior offimore than willing to oblige a
dishonest minister. This pliability is
traced to their greed or a desire to
enlarge their career pruspects.M the
cers are
(Jlltimatesufferer
er
13
it may
have been warranted.
In any case, each case has its own
priorities.
Wherethe progress of an investigadependent mainly on the evi-
tion is
dence purelywithin the knowledge of
Secretary to Government, the lat-
a
ter's arrest may become unavoidable.
This is painful, but a necessary step
forward in a crucial investigation. It
does not please the CBI Director or
his investigating officer to subject a
senior bureaucrat to the humiliation
of an arrest. A decision is normally
taken at the level of Director, who
thinks many times over, before agreeing
to this course of action. The CBI is
fully conscious that it is easy to destroyareputation
thanhuild one over
decades.
The arrests once again briñgto focus the contentious subject of minis-
relationship. There
is an impression in that State that
some senior bureaucrats were intimidated into falling in tine with highly
irregular demands from the political
executive and have now been sacrificed. This demoralisation within the
ter-civil servant
Shah Commission so effectively put
it: "Where they were only required to
bend, they actually crawled!" This is
an apt description fur more than a
handful of civil servants now. As long
as such a component remains within
the higher bureaucracy, a minister
looking to line his pocket would prefer a pliable
secretary to a professional and no-nonsense civil servant.
There is a rumour that this is preciselywhatA. Raja did. If you are so pliant
as to consciously commit an act of
impropriety, you will have to pay the
penalty subsequently. Whenever a
young
lAS or
the advice
IFS officer comes to ale,
- -
always give is that the
word
a contemporaneous
noting on the tile
can hardly be
ignored by the CIII or any other inI
written
vestigating
It is therefore
record what one thinks
is right and stand by it when it is
reviewed several years later. The adnecessary
agency.
tp
are honest you don't
have to remember what you did. If
you are not, you will have to remember why you took a particular line.
The Cm wiLl not hang you if you have
been only guilty of a bona fide mistake. But it will, if
you have been dishonest
unprofessional
and
in
pandering to the designs of a rapavantage is if you
cious
minister.
the ultimate analysh; I realise
how difficult it is to be courageous
and honest these days, when venality
In
rules the corridors of government. A
few years of pain resulting from an
honest course of action is however
very muchpreferable to the ignominy
of criminal action for having been
party to dishonesty. This is about the
only practical way of surviving in the
civil service in
our country. This is
something that will
earn you mundane success, but will
definitely fetch you peace of mind
and an image that everyone around
you will talk about for long years, and
nut
certainly
one
you
will
yourself
trenssre
forever.
(The
writer
Director.)
is
a
former
CM
MNREGA: CBI
submits
prObe report to SC
press
trust of india
NEW DELHI,
before the
directed Orissa, Uttaiakhand
Jammu and Kashmir and Manipur to file
affidavits making it clear whether they
Kumar,
12 FF8: The CBl has placed
Supreme
Court
its report on
the
were following the guidelines laid down b
the Centre in 2008 for the implementation
investigation into alleged corruption in
utilisacion of Central funds by six districts
of funds. for
of Odisha for the rural job guarantee
scheme under MNREGA.
The report in a sealed cover was placed
on Friday before a Bench headed by Chief
Justice Mr SI-I Kapadia in compliance with
its 12 May, 2011 order by which CBI
was
directed to conduct the investigation on
the basis of survey reports provided by the
petitioner, CAG report
and
the
National
The hearing on the case
now after four weeks.
Mayurbhanj,
Rayagada, Bhawanipatna,
Koraput and Malakangiri. The CBl was ask-
ed to spell out the offences likely to be
made against the offIcials.
The NGO, which is a petitioner in the
matter, had submitted that as per the
-
reports,
AK
Patnaik
and
Mr Justice
Swatantep
will be htld
The NGO, which had filed a PIL on the
issue, had also sought court's direction for
the CM probe into the large scale irregu-
Institute of Rural Development (NIRD).
The alleged irregularities have been detected in
the districts of Kalahandi,
-
Gandhi
Guarantee Act,
2005).
National
there was misappropriation of
funds between 53 per cent and 88 per cent
in the six districts.
The SC had on 16 December, 2010,
while hearing the PIL, rapped both the
Union and the state governments for
their
failure in properly executing the rural job
guarantee scheme.
The Bench, also comprising Mr Justice
MNREGA (Mahatma
Rural Employment
/
larities in the implementation of the
scheme in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya
Pradesh. The court had on 12 May last year
issued notice to the governments of llttar
Prade,sh and Madhyà Pradesh nn allegatioos irregularities and diversion of hinds
for the MNREGA. The NGO, Centre for
Environment and Food Security, which
had conducted a survey had claimed to
have found alleged irregularities in implementation of the scheme. It had alleged
irregularity in disbursement of MNREGA
funds meant for implementation of the
rural job guarantee scheme.
Advocate Mr Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO, brought to the notice of
the Bench the ktters written by Union
'rural development minister Mr Jairam
Ramesh to the Uttar Pradesh government
about the alleged diversion of MNREGA
funds.
CBI initiates probe. into
charges against Patel
12 FEB: The Cenof Investigation has initiated an in-house probe into the
allegations of iS 32,50,000 bnbe
allegedly given to an aide of the
Union minister, Mr Pntlijl Pate!,
for the consideration of a US
$1000 million Air India
contract in
2007. Though the agency has not
NEW DELHI
agency,
tnt! Bureau
yet registered a preliminary inqui-
ry into the case, it has asked the
Canadian authorities to furnish
statements of those who had
made these allegations. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police
(RCMP) had recently approached
the agency through diplomatic
the allegations of hnbe
are related to a tender floated by
the Air India in 2006 for computensed passenger face recognition
biometrics system,
Mr Karigar was representing
channels and gave them the derails of allegations macic by an Indo-Canadian businessman, Mr
Nazir Kadgar who claimed to
have paid a bnbc of US 52,50,000
to an aide of Mr Patel
Mr Patel, who the civil aviation
Itinister when the supposed incident took place, has called these
allegations as haseles' and preposterous".
According to the
-
&-poMetñes company when he
met Mr Patel through
the former Mumbai police cornmissionei Mr 1-lasan Gafoot
and
paid the bribe amount to the minister's aide for pushing the contract b
flivoor of his company.
The contract, however, was scrapped after internal objections by officials of Air India and the civil avi-
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CBI to attach
Indira Bishnol's
properties
JAIPUR:,The CBI will attach
the proerties of Congress
Luni
MLAMallthan Singh'ssis-
ter Indira Bishnoi
anytime now
as she continues to be elusive
in the Bhanwarj Dcvi murder
case for nearly a 100 days while
a rally was held in Jodhpur on
Sunday to protest the alleged
harassment of Mallchan Singh's
tamilybyCßl.
A CBI court, the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magis-
trate, had in January ordered
the attachment of Indra's properties after the deadline for her
to surrender expired on Eel>
agency had also
ruary 10. The
posted a notice outside Indras
residence, warning her to surrenderat
the earliest.
Indira, who has been miss-
since October Si, is a key
fink in the entire conspiracy to
ing
abduct and subsequently eliminate Bhanwari.