2G SPECTRUM CASE: CBI gives clean chit to Dayanidhi Maran!

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NEW DELHI: Former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran has been given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. The CBI submitted its progress report in the 2G scam case before the Supreme Court claiming that there was prima facie no element of coercion found in licences issued between 2001 and 2007, thus giving a clean chit to former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran .

The investigating agency told the two-judge bench of justices GS Singhvi and AK Ganguly that Loop Telecom is a front company for Essar and both companies are guilty of cheating.

In its report the CBI also mentioned that licences granted during the tenure of former telecom minister Arun Shourie should be investigated and the then finance minister Jaswant Singh should be questioned.

Shourie and Singh were ministers in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

During the hearing on August 24, the CBI had informed the court that it has filed chargesheets has against 17 persons including former telecom minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozi. It had said that a third chargesheet would be filed by September 15.

Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, other accused in the case include Unitech Wireless Managing Director Sanjay Chandra, Swan Telecom's Director Vinod Goenka, former telecom secretary Siddhartha Behura, Raja's former personal secretary R K Chandolia, DMK-run Kalaignar TV's MD Sharad Kumar, Bollywood filmmaker Karim Morani and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group's executives Hari Nair, Gautam Doshi and Surrendra Pipara.

The other accused persons included Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, his cousin Asif Balwa and their colleague Rajeev Agarwal. The accused also included three telecom firms Reliance Telecom Ltd, Swan Telecom and Unitech (Tamil Nadu) Wireless Ltd.

All the accused have pleaded that they have not done anything wrong and refuted the charge of drawing illegal benefits in the 2G spectrum allocation.

The Supreme Court has been monitoring the investigations on a plea of an NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, and Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy on whose petition it had directed the CBI probe the scam.

       

CWG SCAM: CBI forms SIT to look into CAG report on CWG!

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Press Trust Of India / ibnlive.in.com / Posted on Aug 28, 2011 at 08:56pm IST.

New Delhi: The CBI has formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to study the Comptroller and Auditor General's report on Commonwealth games and to see whether any fresh case could be registered.

The SIT, headed by a Joint Director, will also collaborate with other investigating agencies like the Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate, CBI sources said.

The SIT would be recommending whether any fresh case is possible apart from 14 regular cases and three Preliminary Enquiries, which have been registered by the agency on recommendations of the Central Vigilance Commission.

The CAG has been critical of Sheila Dikshit Government on import of street lights at higher price and claimed that due to "active involvement of the Delhi Chief Minister", exchequer suffered a loss of nearly Rs 31 crore.

It also claimed to have found irregularities in the award of contract to Emaar MGF for construction of the CWG residential complex.

The renovation and restoration project of Connaught Place witnessed a nine-fold increase in cost from the estimated Rs 76 crore to Rs 671 crore.

Streetscaping and beautification works were awarded and executed in an arbitrary manner with wasteful expenditure of Rs 101 crore, the report said.

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SAKSHI SCAM: Jagan conspired with YSR, others in granting of favours - CBI!!

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August 19, 2011 / PTI, Hyderabad / DC.

The CBI has alleged that Kadapa MP Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy conspired with his father late Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy and other individuals and companies to 'cheat the government of Andhra Pradesh in the matter of granting certain favours'.

In its FIR in the case related to Jagan, a copy of which was filed in a special court here, the CBI charged that he 'exercised his influence' on his (late) father, then chief minister, and also 'unknown public servants' of the state government, who in turn abused their official positions by corrupt or illegal means and issued orders favourable to many companies.

The charges relate to criminal conspiracy, cheating, criminal breach of trust, falsification of accounts and criminal misconduct, according to the FIR.

"As a quid pro quo, those companies, other unknown companies and unknown persons invested several crores of rupees in Jagati Publications, Sandur Power Company Limited, Carmel Asia Holdings, Bharathi Cement Corporation Ltd and other companies promoted by Jaganmohan Reddy at a huge premium," the CBI FIR said.

The agency filed the case against Jagan and others based on a directive of the Andhra Pradesh High Court that disposed of a petition filed by current Textile Minister P Shanker Rao, into which TDP leaders K. Yerran Naidu and Yanamala Ramakrishnudu impleaded.

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SAKSHI SCAM: Raids continue on Jagan’s businesses for second day!

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S. Nagesh Kumar, The Hindu / HYDERABAD, August 19, 2011.

For the second consecutive day on Friday, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team conducted searches across Andhra Pradesh on businesses owned by YSR Congress president Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and corporate offices of companies that invested in his firms. 

CBI teams had already begun searches or were on their way to various locations in Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Guntur and Khammam districts. In Hyderabad, searches were in progress in seven different locations. 

The raids were a consequence of the FIRs the CBI had filed on Wednesday registering cases of criminal conspiracy, cheating, falsification of records and corruption under different sections of the Indian Penal Code against Mr. Jaganmohan Reddy following directions of the Andhra Pradesh High Court last week. 

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ANTI-CORRUPTION & RTI ACTIVIST SHEHLA MASOOD MURDER: MP govt orders CBI probe!

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Bhupendra Chaubey, CNN-IBN / Updated Aug 18, 2011 at 09:53pm IST.

Bhopal: Three days after RTI activist Shehla Masood was shot dead outside her house in Bhopal, the Madhya Pradesh government has recommended a CBI inquiry. The decision came after Union minister Jairam Ramesh wrote to the chief minister, pointing at a possible mining mafia involvement in Masood's murder.

State Home Minister Uma Shankar Gupta said, "The family members had expressed concern and demanded a CBI inquiry to the whole incident. The state chief minister while accepting their demand has decided to write to the CBI to investigate into the murder."

The police had initially hinted the death could be a suicide, leading to allegations of a cover-up.

Masood's family hopes a CBI investigation will reveal the truth.

"I'm thankful that the case has been referred to the CBI as the local police had started botching it up. Secretly they were trying to divert attention and convert it into a suicide case," said Sultan Masood, Shehla Masood's father.

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SAKSHI SCAM: CBI begins searches in Jagan, Emaar cases!

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zeenews.india.com / Last Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 09:19.

Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday began simultaneous searches at several places in the cases relating to alleged illegal assets of YSR Congress party chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy and irregularities in Emaar township project.

According to sources in CBI, about 20 teams began simultaneous searches at several places in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai and Visakhapatnam.

Armed with search warrants from a special court, the CBI sleuths began the searches at the residences of Jaganmohan Reddy, IAS officer BP Acharya, businessman Nimmagadda Prasad.

Searches were also launched at the offices of the companies owned by Jagan, as the MP from Kadapa is popularly known, and the firms which invested in his businesses.

The searches began a day after CBI registered a First Information Report in both the cases on the direction of Andhra Pradesh High Court.

A team of 11 CBI officers started searching at the palatial residence of Jagan at Lotus Pond at Banjara Hills. Simultaneous search was also on at the residence of Prasad in Sainikpuri.

The first search began early in the day at the residence of Acharya in Mahindra Hills here. He was managing director of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) when Dubai-based Emaar allegedly committed irregularities in developing a township project here.

Emaar, which was allotted land by APIIC, allegedly brought down the latter's equity in the joint venture and roped in another company without permission from APIIC, causing huge losses to public exchequer.

The CBI officers also launched the searches at the offices of Bharati Cement and Telugu daily and television channel Sakshi, owned by Jagan, son of late chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

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SAKSHI SCAM: CBI files FIR against Jagan Reddy in disproportionate assets case!

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Press Trust Of India / ibnlive.in.com / Posted on Aug 17, 2011 at 10:27pm IST.

Hyderabad: In fresh trouble for YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, the CBI on Wednesday filed an FIR against him in Andhra Pradesh in connection with a disproportionate assets case. The agency also filed a petition in a special court in Hyderabad seeking its permission to conduct searches at his premises.

The search operations are expected soon and special teams have been formed, CBI sources said in Hyderabad.

The CBI action came even as the former Congress leader and son of late Chief Minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy moved the Supreme Court challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court's order directing CBI to have a thorough inquiry against him for his alleged disproportionate assets.

Reddy contended that the August 10 order of the High Court was not a reasoned decision.

The High Court, in its order, had directed CBI to take their probe into the case to its logical end and ordered a thorough inquiry by CBI into the alleged disproportionate assets of Jagan after registering a criminal case.

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SAKSHI SCAM: Jagan Mohan's properties could be raided soon!

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ndtv.com / NDTV Correspondent, Updated: August 17, 2011 17:46 IST.

Hyderabad:  Jagan Mohan Reddy's legal troubles over his considerable fortune are escalating. The CBI, which is investigating the influential MP's massive wealth, has reportedly asked a court for permission to search Mr Reddy's properties. 

Mr Reddy is one of India's wealthiest politicians. In April this year, he declared assets worth Rs. 365 crores.

A case has been filed against him in his home state by rival politicians led by minister P Shanker Rao who is from Mr Reddy's former party, the Congress. Mr Reddy launched his own party, the YSR Congress, earlier this year. He has accused the Congress of "witch-hunting."

Is he attributing motives to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh?, as it is that High Court that has gone into the initial complaints against him, satisfied itself that, prima facie, evidence exists for a full scale probe by the CBI and ordered accordingly!

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SAKSHI SCAM: A.P. Minister seeks CBI probe against YSR ministers!

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August 14, 2011 / IANS, Hyderabad / DC.

A cabinet minister in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday urged the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) to conduct a probe against ministers in the late chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's cabinet while investigating the assets of his son Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy.

Textiles Minister Shankar Rao, on whose petition the Andhra Pradesh High Court last week ordered full-fledged probe against Jaganmohan Reddy, has written a letter to the CBI director general, demanding that the erstwhile ministers of YSR, as the late chief minister was popularly called, also be covered in the investigations.

Jagan, as YSR's son is popularly known, allegedly amassed huge wealth as companies which received benefits from his father's decisions invested big money in his businesses in a quid pro quo arrangement.

Shankar Rao's move can spell trouble for many of his ministerial colleagues who also served in the YSR ministry from 2004 to 2009.

He even demanded that the CBI immediately arrest those facing charges as they may tamper with the evidence against them.

Interestingly, the YSR Congress party, which Jagan floated recently after leaving the Congress, has also demanded that since the cabinet took collective decisions, then ministers should also be covered under the CBI investigations.

Jagan also stated that if investigations are to be conducted against him, more than 50 per cent of the ministers in the present cabinet would also have to face the probe.

Shankar Rao told reporters here on Sunday that he urged the CBI to take up investigations at the earliest and complete these in a fixed time-frame. He demanded that nobody involved in either Jagan case or Emaar properties case be spared.

The court, on the petitions of Shankar Rao and some Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leaders, ordered full-fledged CBI probe into the allegations against Jagan and also into the alleged irregularities in developing a realty project in Hyderabad committed by Dubai-based Emaar in joint venture with the state government.

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SAKSHI SCAM: HC asks CBI to file case against those who invested in Jagan Cos!

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August 10, 2011 / PTI, Hyderabad / DC.

Andhra Pradesh High Court today directed CBI to register a case against all the investors who invested in the companies promoted by former Congress leader Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy to find out whether those investments were made in order to get favours from the state government.

Based on a petition filed by P. Shankar Rao, state Textile Minister and Yerran Naidu of Telugu Desam Party, the court ordered a full-fledged inquiry into the allegations of investments made into Jagathi media owned by Jagan.

The bench headed by Chief justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru said the phenomenal growth recorded by Jagathi publications owned by Jagan Reddy and others, which were directly under the control of the son of former chief minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, needs to be looked into in view of their 'abnormal' performance.

01) Kudos to Mr. P. Shankar Rao whose letter with evidences has forced the Andhra Pradesh High Court to take this call on Y.S. Jagan Mohana Reddy, who is widely accused of amassing Thousands of Crores of ill-gotten wealth, during the Six Years regime of his Father late Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy!

02)  All other Telengana Leaders of all parties simply throw vague allegations of some un-named Andhra-Royalaseema Leaders having amassed wealth at the cost of ordinary masses in Telengana Region, but never, never came out with either names or specific details of how they deprived people of their properties!!

03)  To the best of my knowledge, like Terrorists do not have any Religion, Nationality, Colour, etc., the usurpers of National Exchequer, Public Properties or Innocent People also do not have any Party, Region, Religion and all such looters must be brought to book and the ill-gotten money to be returned to the victims or confiscated to be used for public good!!!

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Supreme Court disapproves of judge threatening CBI officer!

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Legal Correspondent, The Hindu / NEW DELHI, August 7, 2011.

Disapproving of the act of an Allahabad High Court judge who threatened a CBI officer, asking him why an FIR should not be registered against him for allegedly committing a fraud on the court, the Supreme Court has expunged the observations and set aside the orders.

A Bench of Justices Altamas Kabir, Cyriac Joseph and S.S. Nijjar was hearing special leave petitions filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Javeed Ahmad, Joint Director, CBI, Lucknow Zone, against the two orders passed by Justice Vinod Prasad on July 28 and 29.

On July 28, during the hearing of a criminal revision petition, an adjournment was sought as CBI counsel Anurag Khanna was not present. However, the judge passed an order stating he was never appointed CBI counsel and that Mr. Ahmad had deceived the High Court.

Justice Prasad directed him to be present in court to explain his conduct and why an FIR should not be directed to be registered against him and why his removal should not be recommended to the Union government and the Ministry concerned?

As Mr. Ahmed did not appear the next day, the judge posted the matter for his appearance on August 1.

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