New Delhi: Arms dealer Abhishek Verma had forged the signatures of a CBI officer on a letter claiming inquiry against him in the Naval War Room leak case is being closed, US-based attorney C Edmond Allen has alleged in his statement to US investigators. The statement of estranged business associate of Verma, which has been received by the agency in response to its judicial requests recently, had alleged that the letter was used by Verma in an attempt to defreeze his bank accounts, CBI sources said here.
Allen has told US investigators, who were recording his statement for replying to judicial requests sent by CBI, that Verma had forged signatures of the CBI officer on the letter, the sources claimed. The response to Letters Rogatory, judicial requests sent by CBI, comes as a big boost to the agency which might use the statement to bolster its case of alleged forgery against Verma, CBI sources said.
The agency had sent LRs to the US and Switzerland in connection with agency's probe against Verma in connection with the allegations that Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (RAD) paid US Dollar 5.30 lakh to Verma to stop the blacklisting proceedings initiated by Defence Ministry against it.
The money was allegedly routed through the accounts of Ganton USA which is headed by Allen, CBI sources said. The sources said in its LRs the agency has requested the US to provide the statement of Allen who was cooperating with the agency with "informal" sharing
02:06 PM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday released documents against Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar that try to establish connection between arms dealer Abhishek Verma and the DCP, who is already facing flak over rape of a 5-year-old in Delhi. As a joint director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Neeraj Kumar had tried to protect Verma, the AAP alleged. The party also said that Verma...
05:45 PM, Apr 22, 2013
Mumbai: Author Chetan Bhagat, who has written the screenplay for the upcoming movie '2 States', is excited as the film's next shooting destination is IIM-Ahmedabad, of which he is an alumnus. "'2 States' - the film, starts shooting its next schedule in IIM Ahmedabad tomorrow (Monday). Real location. Real excitement," Bhagat tweeted Sunday. Based on his 2009 novel '2 States: The Story of My Marriage', the film is not his...
10:27 AM, Apr 15, 2013
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12:24 AM, Mar 15, 2013
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11:55 AM, Jan 03, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday filed a chargesheet against Abhishek Verma, an accused in the leakage of naval secrets, and two others including his wife. Verma is also charged with corruption and forgery. Verma, his Romanian wife Anca Maria Neacsu and a retired wing commander, Koka Rao, have been named in the chargesheet, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official said. The CBI had on June 9 arrested Verma...
06:14 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New Delhi: Businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife were on Saturday granted bail by a court dealing with a money laundering case after Enforcement Directorate failed to file the charge sheet against them but another court refused to give them relief in a fresh case of alleged forgery in which they have not been arrested. The couple would remain in jail under judicial custody as they are yet to secure...
08:13 PM, Oct 20, 2012
New Delhi: Arms deal Abhishek Verma, accused in the naval war room leak case, is expected to appear in a Delhi court on Friday. A case has been registered against him under the Official Secrets Act. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said that more than half a dozen classified documents were found in the possession of one of Verma's employees. Verma also claimed that a retired Lieutenant-General was...
12:13 PM, Sep 28, 2012
New Delhi: A fresh FIR in a case of forgery and cheating was lodged against businessman Abhishek Verma. He allegedly forged a CBI SP's letter saying an investigation against him is closed due to lack of evidence. He gave the forged letter to his bank to activate his frozen account. Verma and his wife were on August 22 arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case...
09:23 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New Delhi: Arms dealer Abhishek Verma faced fresh trouble on Wednesday with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) slapping a case against him under the Official Secrets Act after Defence Ministry certified that the documents allegedly handed over by his US-based estranged business associate were classified. The CBI registered a case in the special court against Verma and unknown government officials after a formal complaint was received from the Defence...
05:15 PM, Aug 29, 2012
New Delhi: Businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case, were on Monday remanded in judicial custody for two weeks by a Delhi court. ED sleuths produced Verma and his Romanian wife Anca Maria Neascu before the court after expiry of four days of police custody and the court remanded them in judicial custody till September 10 after the probe agency...
11:50 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New Delhi: Businessman Abhishek Verma and his wife were on Wednesday arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case registered against the couple for allegedly receiving money from a Swiss defence firm to keep it out of the government's blacklist. An ED team recorded the statement of the couple, presently in judicial custody in a forgery case, before they were placed under arrest under the stringent...
08:18 PM, Aug 22, 2012
New Delhi: Naval war room leak case accused and businessman Abhishek Verma and his Romanian wife were sent to CBI custody till August 21 in a forgery case by a special court in New Delhi on Thursday. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Sanjeev Jain sent Verma and his wife Anca Neacsu to the probe agency's custody for questioning. The two were arrested on August 8 by the CBI...
10:31 AM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court has granted bail to arms dealer Abhishek Verma and his wife. The court has granted bail as the CBI hasn't yet filed a chargesheet against them. The court has asked the accused to file a bail bond of Rs 10 lakh each and two sureties of the same amount. The CBI has filed an application seeking the formal arrest of Verma and his wife in...
02:58 PM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a forgery case against arms dealer Abhishek Verma and others. Verma is accused of forging Sports Minister Ajay Maken's letterhead in order to get a visa for a Chinese telecom firm. At that time Maken was Home Affairs minister. Verma and his wife have been in jail for the past two months in relation to another case. They are seeking bail on Wednesday after...
12:12 PM, Aug 08, 2012
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was on Friday questioned by the CBI after arrested arms dealer Abhishek Verma claimed that he met the leader regularly after his arrest last month. The CBI wants to verify whether the meetings were held in connection with the stalling of the blacklisting of Swiss defence firm Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (RAD). CBI sources, however, say that Tytler has denied it. Verma was...
09:02 AM, Jul 28, 2012
New Delhi: Businessman Abhishek Verma, an accused in the naval war room leak, on Saturday failed to appear in a Delhi court for recording his evidence in a cheating and defamation case filed by him against his former partner based in the US. Verma filed the case against his former partner and US-based lawyer C Edmonds Allen and former Indian partner Arjun Arora. Verma, along with his Romanian wife Anca...
10:13 AM, Jul 22, 2012
New Delhi: Even as the Indian Air Force continues to debate the seriousness of the leak of its weapons procurement programme, the Defence Ministry on Saturday said it had ordered a CBI probe into the matter. "We have referred it to the CBI... The CBI is enquiring the whole thing," said Defence Minister AK Antony. He added, "We are very serious about it." The top brass of the Indian Air...
02:32 PM, Jul 21, 2012
New Delhi: Corruption has become a "very very sophisticated" mechanism with global implications, a Delhi court said on Wednesday while extending the judicial custody of businessman Abhishek Verma and his Romanian wife, arrested for allegedly receiving money from a Swiss arms firm to stall blacklisting proceedings against it by the Indian government. Special CBI Judge Sanjeev Jain remanded Verma and his newly-wed Romanian wife Ancia Neascu, who were arrested on...
09:17 PM, Jul 04, 2012
New Delhi: Income Tax department authorities may soon approach the Swiss government to obtain fresh information on the investments and finances of arms dealer Abhishek Verma for its probe against him and his associates for alleged tax evasion. The IT may approach the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to activate the provisions of the revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with the alpine nation after Verma was recently arrested...
02:53 PM, Jun 10, 2012
