New Delhi: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal is likely to be quizzed soon by the CBI in connection with the alleged Rs 10 crore bribery scandal involving his nephew V Singla and Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar, both of whom reportedly met at his residence.
The agency on Thursday grilled the minister's personal secretary Rahul Bhandari, a 1997 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer, who is believed to be privy to all the crucial decisions taken in the ministry.
CBI sources said they would seek clarification from Bansal on a range of issues related to elevation of Kumar in the Railway Board, why he was allowed to retain additional charge of GM (West) and were any senior officers sidelined in promoting him to Railway Board as Member (Staff).
He might also be asked about alleged references in the intercepted phone conversations of Singla, where he is heard repeatedly taking Bansal's name, apparently to show his clout. Bansal's name crops up several times in over 1,000 phone calls intercepted by the agency over a period of two months as part of surveillance on Singla and Kumar....
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08:48 PM, May 09, 2013
Nashik: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday recovered cash worth Rs 57,69,000 and over 9 kg of gold from two bank lockers of Swati Chikhlikar, wife of suspended PWD executive engineer (Nashik north) Satish Chikhlikar, besides 5 kg of silver from another locker in her name. The seizure is collectively estimated over Rs 3,27,29,000, according to a senior ACB officer. "ACB seized cash of Rs 57,69,000, 9.558 kg of gold, including...
04:51 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: In response to a report in a section of media, Railway Minister PK Bansal on Tuesday clarified that Ajay Garg, an alleged middleman in the Rs 10 crore bribery case, has no connection with him. "He is not even a relative, much less a nephew. There is no question of any relations with him," Bansal said. Garg was today arrested after he surrendered before a Delhi court, which...
01:57 AM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday arrested Ajay Garg, one of the key accused in the Railway Board bribery case. Garg was the aide of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla. A Delhi court remanded him in CBI custody till May 9. Garg had earlier surrendered at the court in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam. The CBI also uncovered more details on Garg. CBI sources...
05:53 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has now widened the ambit of its probe after the Railway Board bribery case. CBI sources say that the agency is now looking at a jobs-for-sale nexus between Railway Protection Force officers' association and middlemen. According to CBI sources, the transfers, postings and promotions in the Railway Protection Force (RPF) are not based on merit. The CBI probe widened after the interrogation...
06:24 PM, May 06, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI on Sunday arrested one more accused in the Railway bribery scandal involving Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew and a board member, taking the total number of those apprehended to nine. Sunil Dagga was apprehended by a CBI team in the capital, a CBI official said. The investigators are also on the look out for Ajay Garg, an alleged middle-man. Meanwhile, three persons, arrested for their...
09:46 PM, May 05, 2013
New Delhi: Activists of BJP's student wing on Sunday protested outside Railway Minister PK Bansal's residences in Delhi and Chandigarh and demanded his resignation in the wake of the arrest of his nephew for allegedly taking bribe to get a plum posting for an official. Heavy police deployment had been made at both the places. Police used lathicharge to disperse protesting ABVP activists outside his house in Chandigarh and rounded...
09:16 PM, May 05, 2013
Chandigarh: An advocate-turned-politician, Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has gradually moved his way up in his political career while maintaining a clean image. However, this will be impacted by a bribery scandal in which his nephew Vijay Singla figures prominently. Bansal, 64 (born July 16, 1948), who is into his fourth term as MP from Chandigarh, is generally a soft-spoken man who has maintained a low-profile even as a top...
05:20 PM, May 04, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is likely to hear former BJP President Bangaru Laxman's bail plea in a bribery case. He is serving an 11-year jail term after he was caught taking a bribe on camera in a sting operation in 2001. Laxman's petition also seeks quashing of charges in the case. ...
10:36 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Lieutenant General (Retd) Tejinder Singh is likely to record his statement in the criminal defamation case filed against Army Chief General VK Singh and 4 others in the bribery scandal on Tuesday. Lt Gen (Retd) Tejinder Singh filed the case after General Singh hinted that he had offered him a bribe to clear a deal for the purchase of sub-standard Tatra trucks. The General had hinted at Lt...
06:50 AM, Apr 10, 2012
However, Singh has denied allegations of violation of the model code of conduct. ...
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