New Delhi: Sources in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday said that former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was being examined about his role in various postings and appointments apart from that of suspended Railway Board official Mahesh Kumar. The sources said the questioning was going on at an undisclosed location and that Bansal was being questioned as a witness.
The sources, however, added that this may change if Bansal's role was found to be suspicious.
The questioning had begun on Tuesday at 11.00 am.
Sources added that this will not be the only round of questioning for Bansal and the CBI may call him again. The sources also said that Bansal must have been aware of favours given by his nephew Vijay Singla to various Railway officials....
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05:10 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New Delhi: Former Railways Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal will be summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation for questioning in the Railways bribery case, probe agency sources told CNN-IBN on Monday. Sources further revealed that Bansal, who resigned following the scandal, will be questioned on in-house postings in the Railway Board, which are cleared only by the Railways Minister. Bansal had to resign as Union Railways Minister after his nephew...
06:13 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Chandigarh: A group of BJP activists on Monday held a demonstration outside the Central Bureau of Investigation office in Chandigarh protesting against alleged involvement of CBI DIG Mahesh Agarwal in deliberately delaying the raid at Pawan Kumar Bansal's nephew Vijay Singla's residence. Balbir Singh, a CBI inspector had filed a complaint in the Central Administrative Tribunal that the CBI DIG delayed the raid at Singla's residence, giving him time to...
12:53 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: CBI is analysing property documents of arrested Railway Board member Mahesh Kumar, who is facing allegations of paying bribe to nephew of then Railway Minister PK Bansal to get posting of choice, to find out if he has amassed wealth beyond known sources of income. Sources said the agency has recovered some documents during searches at his official residence in Mumbai while some were found from a different...
10:42 PM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: The Railway Board chairman on Wednesday asked the RPF association to vacate Railway properties with immediate effect. The RPF Association has been illegally occupying four properties including one in Delhi. CNN-IBN had reported that the CBI was looking at the role and clout of the RPF Association in Railway postings. The Intelligence Bureau and the Ministry of Home Affairs have already issued alerts and advisories against the RPF...
07:09 PM, May 15, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is aiming to file its chargesheet in the Railway scam on July 3, sources said on Tuesday. The taped conversations between accused in the scam have been sent for forensic tests and the reports are expected soon, sources said. The CBI sources also said that a questionnaire for ex-Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal was being prepared. The sources said that the CBI...
04:53 PM, May 14, 2013
New Delhi: CBI is likely to register a preliminary inquiry into the appointment of senior officers in the Railway Protection Force as it suspects large scale corruption in these postings. Sources said files related to appointments of senior officers in Railway Protection Force have been sought by CBI in this connection. Under the CBI scanner is the posting of a Director General Of RPF who had reportedly superseded 25 officers...
08:40 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: The CBI probe on the railway recruitment scam, that toppled Pawan Bansal as the Railways Minister, has widened to reach the doorstep of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Sources say that the CBI will now probe the role of former Railway Board Chairman Vivek Sahai. Sources said that the CBI is investigating why Sahai held additional charge as Member, Traffic, and why another eligible candidate was denied...
04:50 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Railways handed over files on transfers within the ministry spanning last four years to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday. The CBI had sought files from the Railways on transfers from tenures of Mamata Banerjee to Pawan Kumar Bansal. CBI had sought the details to understand how the railway transfers and postings system works. The probe agency is also likely to question some officials from the...
12:14 PM, May 13, 2013
More troubles await former railway minister PK Bansal. It's not just the cash-for-jobs scam probe that could be a big headache for him, but illegal land dealings and his links with an association that the MHA had recommended a ban against could also a problem him in the near future. ...
07:32 PM, May 11, 2013
Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday evening resigned as Railway Minister following allegations of corrupt practices by his close relatives and aides. Sources say that Bansal was forced to resign after Congress President Sonia Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked him to force the Railway Minister to put in his papers. ...
11:36 PM, May 10, 2013
Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday resigned as Railway Minister. ...
09:44 PM, May 10, 2013
Pawan Kumar Bansal resigned as Railway Minister on Friday. ...
09:30 PM, May 10, 2013
Chandigarh: Stepping up the heat on Pawan Kumar Bansal who resigned as Railway Minister on Friday following his nephew's arrest in a graft case, BJP on Friday called for a CBI probe into three firms floated by his relatives which had allegedly profited under "shelter" provided by him. "The turnover of these firms, with family members of (Bansal) as their directors and share-holders, increased many times in the past five...
09:22 PM, May 10, 2013
Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who is facing allegations of being involved in the cash for posts scam in the Indian Railways, resigned on Friday. Reacting to the development, BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad said the resignation came too late and said Law Minister Ashwani Kumar should also resign. ...
09:21 PM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has identified for closer scrutiny 500 phone calls from out of the 1,000 intercepted calls mainly among the four arrested accused in the alleged Rs 10 crore Railway bribery scandal. As the scandal led to the resignation of Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, CBI sources said on Friday that over 1,000 phone calls were intercepted during the two-month long surveillance on arrested...
09:18 PM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: Pawan Kumar Bansal on Friday evening resigned as Railway Minister following allegations of corrupt practices by his close relatives and aides. Sources say that Bansal resigned after Congress President Sonia Gandhi met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and asked him to force the Railway Minister to put in his papers. The question now being raised is whether Ashwani will be sacked too. The big questions - Can the PM...
06:51 PM, May 10, 2013
New Delhi: Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, who is facing allegations of being involved in the cash for jobs scam in the Indian Railways, visited Rail Bhawan on Friday. Bansal has not been attending office for the last two days. He reportedly went to Rail Bhawan on Friday to clear his files. The net is closing in on the Railway Minister following allegations that his family members were involved in...
05:56 PM, May 10, 2013
CBI sources say the Railway bribery case is turning out to be a multi-crore scam with roots deeper than what meets the eye. The question is what action did the agency take when it was aware of a similar recruitment scam reported by CNN-IBN in 2010. ...
10:14 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday remained non-committal on the continuance of its two ministers Ashwani Kumar and Pawan Kumar Bansal. The two have been under fire over allegations of misuse of power. On Thursday, while Bansal chose to skip the Cabinet meet at the PM's residence, Ashwani attended it. Sources said that the PM was still not keen on Ashwani's exit as that would expose him to opposition attack....
09:41 PM, May 09, 2013
