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CBI questions
Jayaswal, km
AGE CORRESPONDENT
NEW DELHI, SEPT. 18
The CBI, probing the
Coalgate scam, on Tuesday
questioned Jayaswal brothers
Arvind and Manoj,
directors - of AMR fron and
Steel Private Liinited, in
connection with alleged
misrepresentation and concealing
of facts by their
company for getting
Bander coal block in
Maharashtra. Both have
been named as accused in
the FIRs ffled by the CBI in
the coalgate scam.
According to sources,
Arvind .Jayaswal appeared
before the CBI in the morning
along with Abhishek
Jayaswal, son of Mano)
Jayaswal, but the agency
sleuths sent the latter back
as he was not called for
questioning on Tuesday.
Later, Manoj .Jayaswal also
arrived at the CEI
Headquarters and was
questioned by the agency
officials along with his
brother Arvind.
IIUKUCOAtGATEu».I
Manoj Jayaswal
along with
his brother
Arvind has been
narned by the
agency in its FIR
Manoj along with his
brother Arvind has been
named by the agency in its
FIR In which lt alleged that
AMR Iron and Steel Private
Limited concealed and misrepresented
facts that its
group companies were
already allocated captive
coal blocks and that it was
financially eligible to get
the block. He has also been
named in two other Fifis
filed by die agency against
two companies JLD
Yavatmal and- JAS
Infrastructure, sources
added.
turing questioning, they
were asked questions about
their alleged meetings with
Ute then minister of state
tor coal Santosh Bagrodla
on September 18, 2008
-in Ute laUer's official cham-ber",
sources said. Probe by
Ute agency has
revealed
that Die accused company
concealed Ute information
that its group companies
had previously been albcated
five coai blocks. 'The
company fraudulently and
wilfully concealed the fact
of previous allocations to
its group companies with
an object to avoid scrutiny
on this count which would
have weakened its claim,"
sources said.
Sources further said they
were also questioned in
connection with allegations
that Ute company in order
to prove financial eligibiity
to acquire the block
frauduiently claimed that lt
waspart of Infrastructure
Leasing & Financial
Services (IL&FS), another
company.

Coorate Ispat Alloys,
Jinda Steel Face Action
1MG may cancel allocation of Chitarpur, Macherkundaand Jitpur coal blocks
OUR BUREAU
NEW DELHI
official panel reviewing coal
allocation has recom-
blocks
AnmendeclpenalislngJindal
Steel
& Power and Corporate Ispat Alloys,
aunitof Abhijeet Group that is under
CBI's net, for slow development of
theirblocks in Jharkhand.
The panel also recommended scrapping
of mining licence of Bihar
Sponge Iron for Macherkunda coal
block in Jharkhand, sources said af
ter th'e inter-ministerial group's
(1MG) meeting on Tuesday "The 1MG
wlll recommend cancellation of Macherkunda
coal block and deduction
of bank guarantee of Jindal Steel &
Power for Jitpur coal block and Corporate
Ispat for Chitarpur block," a
governmentofficial said.
ThelMGwlllmeetagainonWednesday
to suggest action againstfive coal
blocks, hesaid.
Jindal Steel & Power was allocated
the Jltpurblock with 81 mffliontonne
reserves In 2007, while Chitarpur
block was given toCorporate Ispat Alloys
with 212 million tonne reserves
in 2005.
Abhijeet group chairman and managing
director Mano) Jayaswal and
his kin are under CBI scanner for allegedly
misleading the coal ministry
tobag coal blocks. The CBIIs probing
irregularities in allotment of three
coal blocks to Jayaswal-Iinked companies.
On The sday, the coal ministry approved
rMG's recommendations to
scrap mining licences ofithie cbmpafliesincluding
51(5Ispat &Power and
Bhushan Steel. The recommendations
to de-allocate these blocks were
made by the 1MGon Saturday
-The panel has so far reviewed 22 of
total 29 coal blocks held by private
companies that submitted their status
reports earlier this month. De-allocations
and penalties have been recommended
against owners of 18 coal
blocks.
The 1MG had on Monday recommended
penalising Tata Power and
Hindalco industries for delay In developing
Thbed coal block in Jharkhand.
CILto Import Coalfor
Power Companies
Coal India's (CIL) board has approved Importof
coal for power producers that are
readyto accept iton a cost-plus basisuntiI
there is a consensus onthe pricepooling
mechanismin which customers
are charged a uniform average price for
domesticandforeignfuel, reportsour
Kolkata Bureau. "Power producets can
start signingfuel supplyagreements
from tomorrow (Wednesday). However,
we will givethemls% Imported coal on a
cost-plus basistill suchtimethe price
pooling model isagreed upon by all
stake holders,"said ClLchairman S NarsingRao.

Travel company clerk gave CBI key info on Prajapati
PARIMAL DAB HI
I)AIA (HAAS KANTHA
D.JRTNG t.s probe i]IToThk
sran I: i
LllhIILtkeCB
:rprtrs ereourter
o have
l:r:!cedhise''tii-e journey ever
since be sri's ak''Isrn1 ccl liv
Kiujaral Police frorunear
gliinM sham statraiaaNovember
2005 along wilh
Brats ratssnb:i Os
wile Kauserhi
B Br: lOts and isis
Thin probe
agei]cv h)tiiid
fled Pralaitati a.s the
thi.rdnaaiatraveilhagin theIsts
with
also couple.
"fheClii liar set ledon
tinsosyof a hook i.sg check of
Sangira thaveis.a company
(teraissiel 0 ban1ahi, "Illhenssir
reportedlyrsenti.lnedt)n:sjapail
ins as a ph otes slaeswn ass tai.m.
recallingslant
founjat to get aoer: tlte.: v the
ttti.sset'teas firs as ON-
Bheitdicostple.Hehassvportecl.ly
reich theClii thathe haan
given Prajapati a seat away
from theSheikin and that he
hnelargnedwhtihinato .rlt newt
to the couple.
"tlse (It hi I titers rs rita
(Ittijrta-a I
its tiar conetstshsaicsf
t'estices trobe iltlo
t°rsalqsaalitkittistgtttattasntihe
ttsird satan
travelling wish
Sohs-abudttist stssd
Kattees-tal
ne Kat Ln1tId(Ii]di4
i
Navi'imddi'r a farmerNaxal.
AfterSohrabucldhY seltrn'nattor,, P rajapati was taken
to Udaipurin Rajasthan wherethethen Special Task
Force chief DineshMN arrested him for themurder
of Harnici Lala, an alteged extortionist.
After St etc"thduct iou
Sohrthttddi's, Katiscadsi sitS
Iitl-aja]Dail:i
ss."e i-eaSe gedlu
hnoLtstlt to Ytteadwttene eMshats
(lutJ..:ssaiau:s was posted as
Sttperi'ttostclo'it of Police.
Ciittc.l assls.a is stow one ofiti
accused its the Sotieabttddin
en cot.istl:on caiw.
A Sec
Sethotasistetin
e]rnttttatsott. 5155:51)5tiwa
taken to tidoipue in Ks
;ihanwbere theft en Sp
c'al Task Fo'tc (SIP) chief
i)irsesls M ure hi rn hir
iii urn
:jIIeecJ ex oitiøuist,
Alley Frajapalis ii
(hijaral A1:s chief DUV
zora :iiacI othe r.s ]aad
ooe 0mb ri ioate] nubpolice
cibbbobly. Al iboji lime,
ihqbalihacl prol:eobed l:hokilliny
of
[a is
Prlend Soisra hurl ci isa.
saviiagl lie 1xslicubssacl [set bush
iains. Ssshssahscldiss woo hilbeil
on Noveni boy
, "IOb5 yoiylhis
wiIet:ss Lii.'ed slays later at-
1b5lv destroy ovidoirco.
Vi.itt.aralmc] a:jeeecI.Iytlii
itcoed
Proj neat i
that lie tees
woulct bekilled llhe spoke out
about Soheohitci ci i'Y.s oil
The CBI rehxirtecthv
fetLuiclthtist ttteh1iLtjL:irLsi liiittice.
ttadtto pliuti to kill Pte:ijapati
till the ti.tnettefitedopetition
before the NatioutI Htitiati
R1iIsCorn,i
:;iofl NH
and SohraLa'cldiii's drutlier
IRtth:[hLtctd Utbtta lit!
cUrI:?t]U ''il:lcc&.ii:,'crrie
fori]ie rnksi'igKar Ice
afterthistlmt A',iir
SImK V'rara.K K P2nch
and Disiesh MN decided
kill hrne sosaces said.
Accordiuig resources
Praj ajati aad jail
tel ciiiis in"
n1tal.c[ f'-i,ncl Aia',i K.ft
L,otti the tIn-eat to hit tilt
Khan. inforniecl Iii
'iini-
wife and niwlier a''d in"
'tiuctetI them to t:jccomptety
ttjetn it!
tit eywe.
the tan! wtie!iev itt
to Lte 1aottcette
fore9cou]tt .kInec]aI,ad rn
coiiiiectjoiiwittj
-
PopLdar
uildexo iii-in cse ii'wbic}i
l:Iiey wel-eo cci.iged.
had
Iiy l:heio Pr~:!ja]Dol:i, oit}
i'oIpofoIil:o]-ac I:,ri000Ioo.
daladle a ro]adese'Itatio'I
hefcrcth N .1 R Sources. (IBI
tias stated iii its chareeshec:t
that wisite heists lal
ingesco 'led by po' icemenin
ti.ionns apail
dercayer
IieIicewhicIi hrdd
ñoni
(4 (4(344 Ir
flireentire(raTh mule
C)E1o]such OQ_" tSOEI
poi ice Team Tiad artemptel
separate Khanand trajapati.
[1 eweve.-,KhInsether as!
wife ore ateci
foiledthe. attempt.
o'uckueoed
e'sr. lii e pohee elceee(Ied
n ]

" IREnE''.
CBI's 'reasons' for
not filing FIR 'not
very good', says HC
Orders CBI to give documents demanded by complainant
who had alleged CBI-UT connivance to ensure cover-up
RAGHAV011111
CIIANDIGARII,SEPTEMBER18
THE
'reis,t'is'' uS
signed by rut
"highest authori
ties", including thi
director of the Central tin
real' of Investination (GB! I
not to reai ste r n.e FIR in lb
iilfu,m,tEts leuidae.rs red iii!
nicnl sdr,mci,iale asic1 ci SCSI'
ncr of Iho Punj ob on,
tiaryana high Goon lorlay
the scam involved the thci
L I Director, Public Instroc
tb os (DP I',, Sanawa rtal
Slush. Riisingeyelaiows eve
'lie reasons uissisiierl oil offi
cia! file [St Slit seniorofficer
of GB! and the Director
"not "cry good, the Hig!
Good todaydirectedthe Cli
to furnish the doc,in,entsde
niauded by Heman
Co twa nai nil d en tli e Right ts
Info ruintino fRTI'i Act
ITOSWO ml ii!lie cnnaphiitini
who had approac her! rio
Clii 201') in demanding
probe intothe scam.
Ihe Clii had ap
ptoachecl 111gb Court agains
an o rclerof Geitt to! Info ''nsa
lion Go namialion (GIG
dated April 2 shcruin it hr,,
dirc'cred Clii to fornish in
formationrelating to thein
vestigation doneby the Cli
and evidence collected by i
in its initialpi'obewberein
idgivel,a''cleoi i clii!".Re
fet dog hi Slit con fide,,hi,,
iso Hugs on liaco fficiol file
prodnecd lodoy by lhu GB
for Gourr's perusal
Justice Rajesh Bindal toda'
questionedthe GB! counse
"a.re yell happy with tbi
igtaed resIn its isa by thi
GIlT officer,?",
Tue lion, rI iilso q yes
lioncrI thu rrdionrilu hchini
takoig a"differcntview" rron
the evidence available ol
recordbv sens'nr GB!officials
Making it cleartlaatrise Gosir
cannot ''shut itseves'' toni
"lSn,ih,isli ed attetaipt to seuttli
jriSIicc". Ihe High Got, rI 0'
Mare!, 31 had handed ove
theinvestigation of the con
troversialChandigarh teach
cr5 recruitment scam to thi
GB!, Delhi branch, Tn an in
TEACHERS
What HC had said
whilehanding
Today.
HcrnrEnl
&oswanhi minced no words
in at curing rite Uhandigach
UBI Branch of"diluting" the
entire scam. Denianchag the
offic Eu Eloh EEQS. Go swrl 'vi
nErd
probe to Delhi CBI
the (7W officials cc'nEuivecl
S UFFICIE NT a mounit of sus
PC Ofl has beenaroused rn
the mind ofthe Court ndating
a Conspletecovekep by
theCBl Chandgarh brunch,
Keeping in nicerohefactthst
ohe conf:denceof th:o Coors
inCVs Chandigsrb branch
has beenerodedsonsewhan
we areconvinced that t a a
case ins!Jhich irsoervenfonof
the Court a necessary torestore
The cs nfiderceof the
people n thelartice dirpensun
onsystemmmr ch has
been blatantlypstto sword
by oflicislsofoheChandigsrh
Adminstnaton whortoodto
benet strom scathing she inseaO:gaO:o
sand, iron:c5lly,
er tbthemilVsghandofohe
CBI, whichapparenoly has
not taken its iniageotbeing
apoem er imparnialagen,
serotrsly.
It itir slat Chaird leash
Administrationofficialsanti
dMa completecover-up. The
(7W has to
be taken to
thc
task. Official itotrrrcs aErci the
cear(lEEugrveEE
'OB SCAM
tEvIlte CHI tot
not resist e ring air FIR into
the case ace essential forme
tofile a criminal cast againel
the UB! officials who
willsGB! after courta dinean
inqiurt had recommend cc!
registration of art FIR in
20111. However, the senior
officers of CIII in a
second
report reducer! the sea ma to
ati''irregularity".The ie tuor
officials liar! opined that
5111cC iso crtmiiiii! iv was
made ant tiserewas no need
to register an FIR. ldrming
this as a "cover up",
(ioswami said the DeputyInspector
General IDIG),
Crise Cli andigarli "lire!
ci one Use dansige by I hems".
in 2000. tIre Clsand igsmrh
Police had registered anFIR
oms the complaint of one Rnmalpreet
Kasmr. a local rcsident
wiso had allegedthat one
Jolly !sad assured job in lieu
nfEsloEleyTbe Pnilirebad registerect
art P!Rirrhsibeermse. it
wIlt cms
2010 thai Ocrawsinri
sri hmi!lcd a deladerl comaplaint
to the CR!. Goswnmi
had allcgcd thatrIsc cnhrccnte
na. for appointnienr. of
teachers was cisastoed by r.be
Adirsi iii stration officials air!
lltat !tiere was ii nsorli larger
comrspiraca
by lImehahus which
requi reellobeprobed.
In his complaint
Ci oswaml Isad also
alleged
that the t!seo UT Home Seeretaty
Ran Niwat who was
alsohnmldiisgthe chaigeoflildmicatinis
Secretamy ''poisihly
!srrrl ri role ims the rrise. Bosseeer,
notising ss' as formncl
against Niwas by the GB! in
its inquirY.
Ouestioningrise reaisrratinmu
ofPlRnowhythe Delhi
CR!, Gumswanii amid,
eseim
'sow mv eosap!riismt lists not
beams comsver!ad into rat FIR.
the FIR registered by
Chandigarh Police has been
copied
' theDelhiCIII. Role
played by the I iT officials is
still heingigjiored"Denying
tlt is clai iii veherae ist!v, Arlvocnle
Smimeet Camel ilppeimnimig
ems
behalfof CR! said, Al!
possible Ii spec'! a tire being
!ookcd into.
rlic!ne.,i! and
enalsrnn,s,saie,,
tItle!dcci tot) hi El Ct 0El
ties of
'a Slit Ghondieorh t'i sacS, ci
" the('ha Eld iga h .Ad E1IEIE itt EO
ISle GB I, us di,,ision henrI, 0
Ilic HighGood hodrated thus
"snfdcient amount of suspi
cion has been arousedin Shi
naioclof the G,OSI it iisdieati og
Say cotaipietc cnver'slp theGB
(71 ann,,lig,, rh hi-sine!,''.
HIrEtEorrEtlEEg. GtEswr,nri
Iold tire Court tlaat i twa ott
ma complaint rita! I Ire
Chanctigarh CBl had condsEcte
ciaprehmtna Ev EIE flurry
hsEt El everregjstered a,, FTR
He alleged tlaat an In spector

CBI questions Abhijeet
Group head Jayaswal
HEW DELHI: The CBJ on Tuesday
questioned Manoj Jayaswal, a
key accused in the coal scam
and chairman of Nagpur-based
Abhijeet Group.
He is an accused in threeof the
five FIRs filed by the GB! in the
scam.
Jayazwal, who held the directorshipin
iLL) Yavatmal Energy
Limited, AMR Iron and
Steel PrivateLimited and .JAS
Infrastructure Capital Private
Limited, arrived in the CBI
headquarters around 645pm
and stayed till late in the night.
The probe agency has alleged
that the three companies got
fresh coal blocks by misrepresenting
facts about earliercoal
block allocations and their Imancial
strength.
I-fTC

Danta court can decide on
Tulsiram chargesheet
But Judge
Says Will
Take Action
Only Later
TIMES NEWS NErWORK
jthmedabad: The Dantama
gisiriai
court on
Thesday held
that it is competent
to take
cognizance of
the chargesli
eettiledbythe (JBI inthe Tulsimm
Prajapati fake encounter
case. However, the
courthasnotyettakencognizance
ofthe chargesheet, and
kept further proceedings in
thisregard on September 27,
said a defence counsel who
opposed the UBI bid to file
chargesheet against 20 people,
including former minister
of state for home Amit
Shah, in the Danta magisterialcourt.
Judicialmagistrate Geeta
Ahir accepted UBI's contention
that since the offence
had taken place
in Danta
court'sjurisdictionandearlier
probe agency CID (crime)
toohadfiledtworeportswith
this court, she is authorized
to act upon the probe report.
The (JBI also argued that the
Gujarat high court notification
says that the Alimedabad
(JBI courts are designated
for anti-corruption cases
only Afterthe courtheldthat
it is competent to accept the
chargesheet, some accused
sought a stayoncourt's order
till they move higher court.
However, the court refused to
stay itsorder.
Meanwhile, five of the accused
former minister
Amit Shah, - former DGP PC
Pande,thenclD(crime)head
O P Mathur, ADGP Geetha
John
and former investigat
that without obtainingpermission
from the
state government for criminal
prosecution under section
197 of Criminal Procedure
Code (CrPC), they
cannot be arrested because
they are public functionary
and government servants.
The court has kept hearing
on these applications on September
27 with observation
that since it has not taken
cognizance of the charge
sheet, the accusedhave nothingtolose.

Danta court can decide on
Tulsiram chargesheet
But Judge
Says Will
Take Action
Only Later
Vanzara
often visited
Udaipur jail
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
TIMES NEWS NErWORK
mnhleucluclu. llle UdllLdllldgisterial
court on
Thesday held
that it is competent
to take
cognizance of
the chargesheetfiledbythe
(JBI inthe Tulsimm
Prajapati fake encounter
case. However, the
courthasnotyettakencognizance
-
to
ofthe chargesheet, andI
kept further proceedings in
this regard on September 27,
said a defence counsel who
opposed the UBI bid to file
chargesheet against 20 people,
including former minis-
it
only
ter of state for home Amit
Shah, in the Danta magisterialcourt.
-
sought
Judicialmagistrate Geeta
Ahir accepted UBI's contention
that since the offence- had taken place in Danta
stay
court'sjurisdictionandearlier
- probe agency CID
Amit
(crime)
this court, she is authorized
act upon the probe report.
The (JBI also argued that the
Gujarat high court notification
says that the Abmedabad
(JBI courts are designated
for anti-corruption cases
Afterthe courtheldthat
is competent to accept the
chargesheet, some accused
a stayoncourt's order
till they move higher court.
However, the courtrefused to
itsorder.
Meanwhile, five of the accused
former minister
Shah, - former DGP PC
Pande,thenclD(crime)head
O P Mathur, ADGP Geetha
Ahmedabad: Suspended
cop D G
Vanzara
_________
often visited
the
Udaipur
Central
Jail in order
to persuade Tulsiram
Prajapati to remain
calm, the CBI chargesh-
John and former investigatcase
says.
eet inthe fake encounter
that without ob-
The chargesheet says
tainingpermission from the
state government for criminal
prosecution
under section
197 of Criminal Procedure
Code (CrPC), thei
caimot be arrested because
they are public functionari
and government servants.
The court has kept hearin
on these applications on September
27 with observatior
that since it has not taker
cognizance of the charge
sheet, the accusedhave nothingto
lose.
that Vanzara began visitingTulsiram
injail after
the latter created a
din over Sohrabuddin
Sheikh's killing.
Tulsiram was blaming
the Gujarat and Rajasthan
cops for not honouring
the promise
to
give safe passage to the
gangster, who was abducted
with his wife
from Andhra Pradesh
with his help.

Badal rules out CBI probe
COMBAThIE CNef mãnister expresses confidence n state vgance bureau, faces protests
HT Correspondont
KHAOOOR SAHIB
(TARN TARAN):
Pamjabchief ministerParkash
Singh Padal has categorically
ruled out a EEI ]nou]ry l:uto
theborder area esnbeozlesrient
scene of central and statefunds.
Animal ieusbandrv mir.is
ter Gultar Singh Ranhte ha!:l
resigne!:l hastethe cabinet, foP
eowcnec uee:regestnateon ofacase
agai net tie pereo:ua.i aeei etaut
(PA). Sar)ohdyai Sisegh.
'

?311.AKH BRifiE
FOR BAft: HC
HANDS OVER
NQURY TO CB
CHANDIGAPH: 'The Punjab and
RarvarsahighctautonTuesday
a.anc ed. over to the ce:ntral
bureau, of lnveel::ca.t]o:n (CIII)
thetivestigationetito a case in
which. I'aa"veen Turner, lodged
I::': Aa'nbala cen'tt'ai )e.il
pecldllng case, had alleged that
he gct ball fuwn thehigh cttu't
bygw]ngP.e 37latri in
bnbe,
Thebench headedby justice
JitenderChasthan also cancelled
Pe,'i'vee::':Kurner'ebe.e, e.reeident
of Jalaladabvillage ofFerozepsr
district. Thebench drectedthe
CIII to co]npie'te invee'tigation
:n.todoe ce.ee within.fourinonthe.
RaIa so Rai, reside:to2
Sector lb tL'diO, ccnipla:ned 'to
DCL on
"Sep'ternber H
that
ParveenKurnarwh'o was arre.eb
ed on January 3d with 4kg
Opisliti along wtci tee a.ccoinpliceshsrvinder
Shagharid Jora
Singh, got bail froni the high
coed: on July 37, ae 'the potce
mlsrepre.eented facts in the
court, A.e ieer theFIR. the same
day 'taLepolice also recouereo P
kt, opirin so ilIc (which can, be
converted heto 3d kg opitu'n)
from the house of 13:e acce,eed
if. Tt,e house we,e
takenonrent by freaccused.
Re,i co:rnceaireed. to thep00cc
ueal:Pemvee:n we,e ,d al:rrii:ret, the,t
he procuredbait by spendheg
Re t'1 I. .Ic[FCPP'i J' n
t,ad. ordered are inqe.iry inl:o
misrepresentationof facts by
p51ccbefore hr e highct totdori:nga
teart:ng 0:1 Parveenk bail
application.Later, theRarvana
goverrrnent moved thePC for
cancellation ofParveen's bail.
Ce': Maytll,l:heccm"tofadditionah
cli.etrict and.ee.esitees lodge
Sanjay Sandnrr ha,d d,ie:inieeed
Pniveen,'e bail cetit:ion, On the
groundthat huge cuantioy of
opium was recovered lInen his
ooeeeee:on,
H TC

Coalgate: CBI
grillsArvind
Jayaswal again
NEW DELHI, SEPT 18:
The Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) on Tuesday
continued
to grill
Arvind Jayaswal, Director
AMR Iron and Steel Private
Limited,
in connection
with alleged irregularities
in
allocation of Bander
Coal block in Maharashtra
to the company.
Jayaswal has been
named by the agency in its
FIR in which it alleged that
the company concealed
and misrepresented facts
that its group firms were
already been
allocated
coal blocks and that it was
financially eligible to get
the block.
Meanwhile,
the central
probe agency also issued
summons to other directors
of the company including
his brother Manoj
and
other officials for
questioning in connection
with the case.
Agencies

Coal scam: CBI
grills Manoj
Jayaswal
DNA Correspondent
NEW DELHI
The C on Tuesday questioned mining
baron Manoj Jayaswal. as well as his
brotherArvind for the second consecutive
day, in connection wit]) its probe in the
coal block allocation scam.
Manoj,one ofthe directors of AMRIron
and Steel Pvt Ltd, has been named by the
agency in its FIR in which it alleged that
the company concealed arid misrepresented
facts that its group firms had already
been allocated coal blocks and that
itwas financially eligible to get the block.
Maharashtra's education minister Rajendra
Darda and his nephew and company
director Devendra are also accused
in the case. The CBI said AMR's directors
did not disclose that the company had
already been allocated five other coal
blocks and they inflated their financial net
worth to qualify for the allocation.
The FIR added. 'The company representative
attended a meeting on September
18,2008, with the coal minister, where
it was said AMR wasn't part ofthe Jayaswal
Group, but its equity was held by Lokmat
Group and Abhijeet Infrastructure
Limited, The facts about earlierallocation,
equity participationby Lukmat Group, and
not being a part ofJayaswal Group were
concealed/misrepresented by AMR."
(lit
:
Maharashtra's education minister
Rajendra Darda and his nephew and
director of the company Devendra are
also accused in the case. The case
relates to coal field the company got
in 2008 in Bander, Maharashtra

CBI witness lets 'murder weapon' out of sealed bag
Aarnshi
MURDEkTRI,RI
AVIROOK SEN
(;IIA/IRAI)
The
prosecution withess who testified
before the special courtin Ghaziabad
-hearing the Aamshi-Hemraj murder
trial on Monday dealt with evidence
that is Critical to the case: the weapons
alleged to have caused fatal injuries to both
victims—two golf dubs, part ofa set of 12 dix
plaed vi court.
TLaxman Singh's testimony went off with
out incident, but his cross-examination
revealed one of two things: either that he was
lyirwj or that the seals placed on crucial evidence
had been broken or tampered with.
Siiigh said he was present atthe CRI othce
when Umesh, the Taiwan' driver, pulled out
two clubs from a maroon golf bag and identified
them as numbers 4 and 5.
Umesh, who is still in the employ of the
accused, Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, was
declared hostile by the court because he
denied identifying the golf dubs. At issue was
a memo dated 2 August 2010. This memo
bears Umesh's signature (along with Laxman
Singh's and GEI investigating officer A.G.L.
Kaul, among others) and states that he was
shown the clubs and identified them as the
ones he had taken from Dr Talwar's car and
placed in the servant Hernraj's room. The
memo was in English, said Umesh. Besides,
officer Kaul had hit him hard enough on a
previous interview to damage his ear Umesh
testified that he signed what was placed
before him out of fear, and said that Kaul had
asked after his earinjury on that day.
Laxman Singh was an "independent witness"
to this event. He works for the Deihi
Development Authority, and says he was
asked to go to Kaul's office in the CR! headquarters
by a superior on the day the memo
was written. Singh had said golf dubs were
taken out of the bag. The bag and the set of
clubs are two separate pieces of evidence,
sealed and displayed eparately. The hood of
the bag still bears a 2009 CFSL seal. The only
way the golf clubs could have come out of
the bag a year later is if they were placed init
after breaking the seal. This apparently, wasn't
done. So how didthe CBI's independent
witness see what came out of bag?

CBI witness lets 'murder weapon' out of sealed bag
Aarnshi
MURDEkTRI,RI
AVIROOK SEN
(;IIA/IRAI)
The
prosecution withess who testified
before the special courtin Ghaziabad
-hearing the Aamshi-Hemraj murder
trial on Monday dealt with evidence
that is Critical to the case: the weapons
alleged to have caused fatal injuries to both
victims—two golf dubs, part ofa set of 12 dix
plaed vi court.
TLaxman Singh's testimony went off with
out incident, but his cross-examination
revealed one of two things: either that he was
lyirwj or that the seals placed on crucial evidence
had been broken or tampered with.
Siiigh said he was present atthe CRI othce
when Umesh, the Taiwan' driver, pulled out
two clubs from a maroon golf bag and identified
them as numbers 4 and 5.
Umesh, who is still in the employ of the
accused, Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, was
declared hostile by the court because he
denied identifying the golf dubs. At issue was
a memo dated 2 August 2010. This memo
bears Umesh's signature (along with Laxman
Singh's and GEI investigating officer A.G.L.
Kaul, among others) and states that he was
shown the clubs and identified them as the
ones he had taken from Dr Talwar's car and
placed in the servant Hernraj's room. The
memo was in English, said Umesh. Besides,
officer Kaul had hit him hard enough on a
previous interview to damage his ear Umesh
testified that he signed what was placed
before him out of fear, and said that Kaul had
asked after his earinjury on that day.
Laxman Singh was an "independent witness"
to this event. He works for the Deihi
Development Authority, and says he was
asked to go to Kaul's office in the CR! headquarters
by a superior on the day the memo
was written. Singh had said golf dubs were
taken out of the bag. The bag and the set of
clubs are two separate pieces of evidence,
sealed and displayed eparately. The hood of
the bag still bears a 2009 CFSL seal. The only
way the golf clubs could have come out of
the bag a year later is if they were placed init
after breaking the seal. This apparently, wasn't
done. So how didthe CBI's independent
witness see what came out of bag?

CBI ordered to probe
bail in money case
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court on
Tuesdayordered the CBI to probe a case where drug
peddler Parveen Kumar's uncle Hakam Rai gave a
representation to Panchkula police, stating that
Kumar had alleged that he obtained bail from the
high court after paying Rs 37 lakh to some person.
The case came up forhearing before Justice Jitendra
Chauhan.
The court of Justice Chauhan directed the CBI
to complete the inquiry within four months and
cancelled the bail ofParveen Kumar and other two
accused Harvinder Singh and JoraSingh. The court
had granted them bail on July 27.
A Panchkula Sector 26 resident Hakam Rai filed a
complaintwith Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (DCP)
about the bail matter and later the police moved
an application in High court seeking cancellation
of bail. After opium was obtained from Kumar, he
was booked under NDPS Act.
On May 23, the court of AdditionalDistrict and Sessions
Judge Sanjay Sandhir had dismissed Praveen's
bail petition on the ground that a huge quantity of
opium was recovered from his possession.
However, on July 27, the court was informed that
a challan had not been filed against him, whereas
it was filed in the lower court. Itwas not contested
that the quantity ofopium was commercial and no
other case was pending against him.
OP

CBI registers 5 cases in iron re export scam
BELLARY/NEW DELHI,
Sept 15-
Spelling more trouble
for BJP MLA G Janardhan
Redd
the CBI has registered
fivenew casesin illegaliron ore
exports worth Rs 2,500 crore
and carried out searches at 17
locations including on the
premises of associates of the
jailed mining baron today, re
pots F!'!.
Merling thefive new FIRs
and a preliminary enquire the
teams ofCliiofficialscarriedout
aco-ordinated search operation
at 17 locationsin Goa and Karhataka
which included the
premises of various mining
firms andexporters.
The searches sere spread
across Bangalore, Karwai lospet
and Goa at the premises of
ILC industries, Dream Logistics,
SB Logistics, Sri Malikaarjuna
Shipping, Greentex indus
tries, Adani Enterprises and
Salgaocar Mining Industries,
Swastik Cements, Rajniahal and
softex.
A 10-memberCBI team also
searchedthehousesofKarapudiMahesh,
SwastikNagar
and
Somasekhar, who runs a
transport flrm,all aides ofRedd%thesourcessakt
CBI sources alleged thatover
50 lakh tonnes of iron ore was
illegally exported and four a-
porters—ILC,
SB Logistics,
Dream Low!! and Shree
ShipnPt td
were involved in half of these
S
Adanihas said ina statement
that the company is a mereservice
providerandnot in a position
tocheck mandatory clearancesl
permissions/permitsas it does
nothave theauthority to do so.
"All the above activitieswere
done onbehalfofthe exporters
under the supervisionandclearance
of customs and port
authorities," it had said after a
Supreme Court order.
In its directions to CBJ to
probe the scam, the Supreme
Court had questioned the Karnataka
government as to how
lawen orcingagencies, particularly
the CB-CID, were unaware
ofillegal mining on such a
huge scale in its ownforest reserves
and transportation of
minerals to the Belekeri port
by using around fivelakh trucks
over a period of 17 months.
Itis alleged that the iron-ore
was transported to Belekeri
}brt between January 1,2009
andMay3l, 2OlOandexported
tofôreign companies especially
China andPakistan.
The apex court had appointed
a Central Empowered
Committee(CEC), which recoxpmended
anin depth investigationoftheminingandeiports
ofthe ore.
The two CEC reports of
April 27 and September six
had suggested a probe to find
out officials responsible for
various associated illegalities
and thereafter to take
appropriate follow up action
against erring exporters,
suppliers, transporters,
stockyard personnel and officials,
In the September six report,
the CEC recommended that
CBI must investigateallaspects
oftheillegalitiesassociatedwith
raising, transportation, saleand
purchase, storage and disposal
of about 3.4 inn tonnes of iron
ore exported from January 1,
2009 to May 31, 2010 by four
exporters.