New Delhi: In fresh trouble for arms dealer Abhishek Verma, the CBI has initiated another probe into alleged possession of documents related to small arms deal with him which allegedly violated Official Secrets Act.
CBI sources said the agency has registered a preliminary enquiry against unnamed officials after documents dispatched by estranged business associate of Verma, C Edmond Allen, were found to be genuine and confidential by the Defence Ministry.
The sources said Allen had claimed that these documents were shared by Verma with a small arms manufacturer based in the US to show his clout in the power circles....
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07:59 AM, May 23, 2013
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...
02:06 PM, Apr 28, 2013
London: Naval War Room leak case accused Ravi Shankaran on Wednesday lost his arguments in a magistrate's court against being extradited to India to stand trial. District Judge Nicholad Evans at Westminster Magistrates Court in London said in his ruling on Wednesday that he had been presented with no evidence to prove that there wasn't a case to answer. The District Judge has now sent the case to the UK...
04:28 PM, Mar 27, 2013
A Westminster court, on Wednesday, will announce its verdict on Ravi Shankaran's extradition in the Naval war leaks case. The 46-year-old former naval officer is accused of leaking classified information from the Indian war room to arms dealers. ...
12:02 PM, Mar 27, 2013
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. ...
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: 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: 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: Businessman Abhishek Verma and his Romanian wife, Ancia Neascu, were on Saturday sent to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody till the June 16 for allegedly taking money from a Swiss defence supply company, Rheinmetall Air Defence, for an assurance to stall its blacklisting by the government. "Both the accused are remanded in the CBI custody till June 16," Special CBI Judge Talwant Singh said. Verma and...
10:17 PM, Jun 09, 2012
New Delhi: Naval War room leak case accused arms dealer Abhishek Verma and his wife will be appearing before a Delhi court on Saturday, for allegedly taking money from a Swiss defence supply company, Rheinmetall Air Defence, for an assurance to stall its blacklisting by the government. The CBI had on Friday arrested Verma and his wife. Verma and his wife were questioned on Friday, and their premises raided on...
09:34 AM, Jun 09, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday arrested Naval War room leak case accused arms dealer Abhishek Verma in a separate case, for allegedly taking money from a Swiss defence supply company, Rheinmetall Air Defence, for an assurance to stall its blacklisting by the government. Verma and his wife were questioned on Friday, and their premises raided on Thursday, by the CBI. CBI sources said the duo was extensively interrogated regarding...
08:24 PM, Jun 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted raids at alleged suspect Abhishek Verma's premises across Delhi and NCR in connection with the Navy war room leak case. Sources say about 10 places belonging to the US-based businessman were raided. The raids came after an FIR was registered on Wednesday based on Abhishek Verma's former associate Edmond Allen's allegations. Allen alleges that Verma was involved in forgery,...
08:48 AM, Jun 07, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI has sought documents related to the escrow account of New York-based firm, an alleged front company of naval war room leak case accused Abhishek Verma, from a US-based attorney who had run this account for several years. The agency has deputed DIG Praveer Ranjan to coordinate with lawyer C Edmond Allen and get details about the account which he used to operate on behalf of Verma....
04:42 PM, May 22, 2012
New Delhi: The CBI received a shot in the arm after a UK court accepted its evidence against Naval War Room leak accused Ravi Shankaran for his extradition and fixed December 30 as the next date of hearing. Delivering its order on Monday, the Westminster Magistrate court district accepted the evidence submitted by the Crown Prosecution Services on behalf of India for extradition of 46-year-old Shankaran, CBI said on Tuesday....
02:36 PM, Dec 20, 2011
A United Kingdom court has issued an arrest warrant against Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the Navy war room leak case. ...
11:41 PM, Apr 10, 2007
MEA reverses the order when CBI approached the Ministry again to ask Britain for Shankaran’s provisional arrest. ...
09:10 PM, Dec 24, 2006
