CBI arrests senior Home Ministry official for graft

April 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Apr 28 (ANI): Senior Home Ministry official O Ravi was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday on charges of corruption.

Ravi was a 1983 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer belongs to Gujarat cadre and is currently holding the office of the Joint Secretary (Disaster Management) with the Union Home Ministry.

A CBI team, raided Ravi’s residence here this morning.

The CBI has charged Ravi of accepting a Rs 50 lakh in bribe from one Alok Khimani.

Khimani is a distiller in Daman and Diu.

He was facing huge tax evasion charges slapped on him by the present administrator of the Union Territory.

Khimani reportedly wanted to influence the current officer through Ravi.

Ravi’s name figured prominently in the media when a devastating flood hit parts of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in August 2009.

Ravi led one of the Central teams which visited flood affected areas to assess the damage. (ANI)

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Top Gujarat cop arrested in Sohrabuddin fake encounter case

April 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Ahmedabad, Apr.28 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Abhay Chudassama for his role in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case.

Chudassama is currently serving as the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (Crime Branch) at Ahmedabad and was formerly Superintendent of Police, Valsad.

Sohrabuddin and his wife were killed in fake encounters in 2005.

In March, 2007, police said that Sohrabuddin Sheikh, belonged to the Pakistan linked terrorist group Lashkar-e-Toiba and was planning to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to avenge the death of Muslims killed in the 2002 Gujarat riots.

The government also admitted that Sohrabuddin”s innocent wife Kausarbi had been killed by the police and her body burnt in an attempt to remove the traces of the crime.

The Gujarat Government admitted that senior police officers were directly involved in the killing of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, and his wife, Kausar Bi, in 2005.

The admission came as a result of the intervention of India”s Supreme Court which ordered continued investigations into this case

In February this year, a CBI team visited Gujarat to take charge of the case from the Gujarat Crime Investigation Department (CID).

The Gujarat CID had filed a charge sheet against 14 police officials including suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) D G Vanzara and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers — Rajkumar Pandyan and M N Dinesh.

The CBI took up the case on directions of the Supreme Court. Earlier, the apex court had asked the CBI to probe if there was any larger conspiracy to the killings and submit the report within six months for its perusal.

In the same month, the Supreme Court rejected the bail application of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer M N Dinesh, an accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.

Dinesh is a Rajasthan cadre officer.

An apex court bench consisting Justice P Sathsivam and Justice H L Dattu, however, granted liberty to the IPS officer to move the Gujarat High Court with his plea and treated his bail application as “dismissed as withdrawn”. (ANI)

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CBI records Buta Singh’s statement in bribery case

September 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 10 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday recorded the statement of Buta Singh, Chairman for the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), in connection with a bribery case involving his son Sarobjit Singh.

A two-member CBI team recorded Buta Singh’s statement at his NCSC office in the Lok Nayak Bhavan in the national capital.

Heavy security arrangements were made at the Lok Nayak Bhavan during the recording of Singh’s statement.

Singh had informed the Delhi High Court on August 31 that he would appear before the CBI only after it clarified that he is required as a witness and not as an accused in the case.

Earlier, Singh, had struck a defiant note saying CBI has no authority to question a constitutional functionary having powers of a civil court, without Central Government’s sanction.

The CBI arrested Sarobjit, on July 31 for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs one crore from a Nashik-based contractor to dispose off an atrocity case against him pending before the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) headed by Buta Singh.

The Lok Nayak Bhavan was declared out of bounds for the public and also to the media till 2 p.m. (ANI)

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CBI interrogates Buta Singh’s son in multi-crore corruption case

August 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug. 24 (ANI): Buta Singh’s son Sarabjot Singh was summoned to CBI headquarters on Monday for further questioning in connection with a multi crore corruption case.

Sarobjot Singh was arrested by the agency on July 31 for allegedly demanding a bribe of three crore rupees from Nasik-based contractor Ramrao Patil.

A CBI team is also about to question the chairman of the All India Commission for Schedule Castes and Sarabjot’s Singh father, Buta Singh.

Earlier report said Buta Singh is expected to be questioned within the next two days.

“We have to question Buta Singh by August 24. His statement will be recorded as a witness and not as an accused,” CBI Joint Director (West Zone) Rishiraj Singh said on Thursday.

Though it was not immediately clear where Buta Singh’s would be questioned, sources said it may take place in Delhi.

Earlier, Buta Singh had stated: “Latest attack (by CBI) is an attempt to kill my whole political life and my political future.”

Patil had allegedly taken a loan of around 10 crore rupees from a cooperative society on behalf of over 100 persons from the Dalit community.

He allegedly pocketed the money following which a case was registered against him. (ANI)

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CBI recovers walkie-talkie from NCP MP’s house

June 20, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Mumbai June 19(ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the south Mumbai residence of NCP MP Padamsinha Patil, who was arrested under the charges of murdering his cousin and Congress leader, Pawan Raje Nimbalkar.

The CBI team led by Western Region Joint Director Rishi Raj Singh sealed the two apartments belonging to Patil in Colaba, and conducted intensive searches.

According to CBI sources, two rifles, one revolver, one pistol, two swords and a large quantity of ammunition and cash worth Rs 7.5 lakh and nine high frequency walkie-talkie sets, which are usually used by the police force, computers and CDs were recovered from Patil’s residence.

The CBI has also recovered the documents pertaining to Terna Sugar factory, where a multimillion-rupee scandal was alleged to be made by the NCP leader.

The recovered documents also include the details of Pawan Raje Nimbalkar and noted social activist Anna Hazare.

The CBI sources said the firearms would be sent to forensic tests to find out whether the same was used to gun down Nimbalkar and his driver Samad Quazi on June 3, 2006 in Navi Mumbai.

Patil along with six others will be in CBI custody till Saturday.

The investigation has also revealed Padamsinha Patil’s plot to kill social activist Anna Hazare, who raised voice against corruption in Terna Sugar Factory.

Padamsinha who was elected to Loksabha from Osmanabad, was suspended by the NCP following his arrest on June 7. (ANI)

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Satyam founder Raju’s custody extended for two more days

March 21, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Hyderabad, Mar 21 (ANI): Satyam Computer Services founder B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju and ex-Chief Financial Officer Vadlamani Srinivas23. were taken into custody for two more days by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday.

The XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate has granted permission to the CBI to keep the trio in custody for two more days.

The CBI has said that it wants to question the accused on new disclosures.

A seven-member CBI team, set up specially to investigate the 7,800 crore-fraud case, took the trio into their custody as per the court orders from the Chanchalguda Jail. (ANI)

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