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Chile detains Masood Azhar brother
Apr 12th
The authorities in Chile have detained an alleged financier of the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane IC-814 and the CBI will soon send a team to the South American country to verify whether he is the same person wanted in India.
According to the central investigating agency, it has received information from the Chilean authorities about the detention of Abdul Rauf, brother of Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar, in connection with the 1999 hijacking of the IA plane. Alleged to be one of the financiers of the entire operation, Rauf was charge-sheeted by CBI in 2000. He is also among one of the seven Pakistanis apart from three Indians who were charged in the case.
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2nd CBI chargesheet by Apr 24, bribery focus
Apr 9th
NEW DELHI: The CBI on Friday informed the Supreme Court that a supplementary chargesheet in the 2G spectrum scam against former telecom minister A Raja and other accused will be filed before April 24 and deal mainly with the bribery aspect.
Nearing the end of investigations into the irregular allotment of spectrum by Raja in conspiracy with others during 2008, the CBI’s counsel and senior advocate K K Venugopal told a Bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly that the second chargesheet would be filed before April 24.
“We will file the supplementary chargesheet relating to bribery aspect,” he said. The first chargesheet, filed on April 2, had detailed the conspiracy by Raja and others to defraud the country of revenue worth Rs 30,000 crore.
CBI sources said that the supplementary chargesheet would detail the quid pro quo received by Raja by allocation of spectrum to ineligible telecom companies and the trail of money.
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2G scam: A faceoff to unravel K-TV money trail?
Apr 5th
NEW DELHI: The CBI will confront arrested Kusegaon Fruits and Vegetables Pvt Ltd executive Rajiv Agarwal with the directors of Cineyug Film Pvt Ltd in order to unravel the money trail between D B Realty and Kalaignar TV Pvt Ltd in the 2G spectrum scam.
The money trail, which was mentioned in the first charge-sheet filed by CBI before the special CBI court, needed to be probed, CBI said while seeking the custodial extension of Agarwal.
Special judge O P Saini extended Agarwal’s CBI custody till April 6, accepting the agency’s submission that the directors of Cineyug Films, through which Rs 200 crore were allegedly transferred to Kalaignar TV, would join the probe soon and that they need to be confronted.
“It is the case of CBI that the accused is required to be confronted with directors of Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd as they had not attended the investigation earlier, and as such, Rajiv Agarwal and those directors could not be confronted with each other before.
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2G scam: CBI to file first chargesheet against Raja, others
Apr 2nd
Culminating an investigation which started in October 2009, the Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) is finally going to file a chargesheet in the 2G scam on Saturday.
The chargesheet is unlikely to contain too many surprises and will set the ball rolling for convictions in the 2G licence case which has dominated the nation’s psyche for the last few months.
The former telecom minister A Raja along with his aides RK Chandolia and Siddharth Behuria, is likely to be named in the CBI’s massive 80,000 page chargsheet.
They will be charged with conspiracy under Prevention of Corruption Act and also may be charged for bribery. The agency, which filed a status report in a sealed envelope before a bench of Justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly, said Raja will face charges of “cheating, forgery, and corruption”.
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CBI facing trouble in finding lawyer for trial in 2G scam
Mar 30th
CBI is facing difficulty in finding a capable lawyer to be appointed as special public prosecutor for holding the trial of 2G spectrum cases in which former telecom minister A Raja and corporate honchos are accused, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday.
The situation has arisen as corporates and their officers named in the case have already hired the top lawyers to defend them, the investigating agency said when a bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly wanted to know from it the steps taken for appointing a Special Public Prosecutor.
“Everyone of them (senior advocates) has been hired by the cellular companies or by the state government (Tamil Nadu) so we would have to proceed with the same lawyer who have been handling CBI cases earlier,” senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, said.
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From sonnet to spectrum Kanimozhi
Mar 12th
NEW DELHI: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, who was quizzed on Friday by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the 2G-spectrum allocation scam, differentiates herself from other young dynasty children found in abundance in Parliament through her literary and cultural endeavours.
The 43-year-old daughter of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party chief M Karunanidhi has published four poetry books in Tamil , following in her father?s footsteps .
Before becoming a towering figure in Dravidian politics , Karunanidhi was a wellknown lyricist, scriptwriter and poet. Kanimozhi is also the brainchild behind the sprawling Chennai cultural festival Chennai Sangamam. But the genteel, soft-spoken politician is also a battle-worn survivor of the turbulence of Dravidian politics and even more tumultuous palace intrigue in Tamil Nadu?s first family.
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We are cooperating with CBI: Kanimozhi
Mar 12th
The headquarters of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) here was bustling with political activity on Friday, but it was not merely the high-level talks between the Congress and the DMK to decide on the Assembly constituencies they would contest that attracted a huge media attention.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, the country’s premier investigating agency, was also at the same venue as part of its probe into the 2G spectrum scam. The CBI team questioned Kanimozhi, daughter of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, and his wife Dayalu Ammal, at the office of Kalaignar TV, in which they hold 80 per cent stakes.
The questioning went on, even as aspiring candidates were being interviewed by the DMK leadership and dozens of mediapersons were waiting to know the outcome of both the investigation and the seat identification talks between the main alliance partners.
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2G spectrum scam: CBI quizzes Essar CEO Prashant Ruia
Feb 17th
NEW DELHI: Continuing with its probe into the 2G scam, the CBI on Thursday questioned Essar Group CEO Prashant Ruia in connection with the alleged role of the company with Loop Telecom which got licences in 21 circles in January 2008.
His questioning comes a day after ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani was called to the CBI in connection with its probe into the 2G scam as the agency has to inform the Supreme Court by March 1 about the beneficiaries in the case.
According to official sources, Ruia was quizzed about the alleged association of Essar with Loop Telecom which came under scanner in the CBI case registered in October 2009.
The Essar CEO was called amid allegations that Loop Telecom acted as a front company for Essar which has nearly 33 per cent stake in Vodafone-Essar joint venture.
If the allegation were found to be true, it would make Loop Telecom ineligible to get telecom licences.
As per the guidelines, the threshold of cross-holding is below 10 per cent.
“Essar in is full compliance with DoT licence norms and all other applicable laws. As and when any information is sought Essar will provide the same to the authorities,” an Essar spokesperson said.
According to the CAG report, Shipping Stop Dot Com ( India) Private Limited (later on changed to Loop Telecom Private Limited) submitted its applications for grant of UAS licences for 21 service areas on September 3, 2007 to the DoT.
However, the company changed the main object clauses in its Memorandum of Association (MOA) of Article of Association (AOA) to include the telecom sector to meet the eligibility criteria only on September 28, 2007 only.
CAG had said the submission of altered MOA suppressing the fact of non-registration of alterations in the main object clause of MOA/AOA on the date of application was also in the nature of a fraudulent act with the intention of fulfilling the eligibility criterion prescribed for UAS licences.
Loop Telecom also allegedly made a patently false claim of the paid-up capital of Rs 130.65 crore through their Company Secretary V V Chakradeo while submitting their applications for grant of UAS licences for 21 service areas on September 3, 2007 to the DoT.
The CAG found the same fictitious with a malafide intention to secure the UAS licences.
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