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CBI probing stamp scandal with national security angle
New Delhi, Nov 19: Not ruling out linkage of the Indian underworld in Dubai with the stamp paper scam, agency Director P C Sharma today said it was also looking into the ramifications of the scandal from the national security angle.
New Delhi, Nov 19: Not ruling out linkage of the Indian underworld in Dubai with the stamp paper scam, agency Director P C Sharma today said it was also looking into the ramifications of the scandal from the national security angle.
He also felt that the money involved in the scam could be "much more" than Rs 30,000 crore already estimated.
"As far as in our cases (in the stamp scam), so far there is no such linkage but we cannot rule out because a man who is doing it in such a large way, who was connected to all kinds of people, be it underworld or over the ground...It is just possible," he told here. Sounding a note of caution on its ramification vis-a-vis national security, the CBI director said, "Infact when you look into this kind of cases, it is important that you must look into the security aspect of the cases whether apart from being a money-spinning exercise it is having impact on security. It is a very important issue."
He made it clear that CBI would not be able to take up the investigations in this scam in Maharashtra and Karanatka the governments concerned but said "we can investigate any of the accused or persons if they figure in our cases." The CBI has registered three cases in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat and the links of scamster Abdul Karim Telgi had figured in the Ahmedabad case very prominently.
Bureau Report
"As far as in our cases (in the stamp scam), so far there is no such linkage but we cannot rule out because a man who is doing it in such a large way, who was connected to all kinds of people, be it underworld or over the ground...It is just possible," he told here. Sounding a note of caution on its ramification vis-a-vis national security, the CBI director said, "Infact when you look into this kind of cases, it is important that you must look into the security aspect of the cases whether apart from being a money-spinning exercise it is having impact on security. It is a very important issue."
He made it clear that CBI would not be able to take up the investigations in this scam in Maharashtra and Karanatka the governments concerned but said "we can investigate any of the accused or persons if they figure in our cases." The CBI has registered three cases in Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Gujarat and the links of scamster Abdul Karim Telgi had figured in the Ahmedabad case very prominently.
Bureau Report