New Delhi, May 27: CBI today froze transactions of four bank accounts of Chennai-based Chartered Accountant A Krishnamurthy arrested in "cash-for-transfer" scam alongwith three other persons including personal secretary to former Minister of State for finance Gingee Ramachandran. The accounts were frozen by the CBI even as the agency started hunting for his bank lockers despite denial by Krishnamurthy that he had any, official sources said. The sources said that during the interrogation so far, Krishnamurthy, IRS officer Anurag Vardhan and Ramachandran's personal assistant R Perumalswamy were confronted with each other separately. Meanwhile, the arrested Indian Revenue Service official had sought a transfer from Mumbai to Delhi for treatment of his children and was citing the same reason for transfer back to commercial hub of the country.

After his arrest, Vardhan reportedly told CBI that he wanted a transfer to Mumbai for his children as they wanted to undergo treatment in the metropolis.


However, after the CBI checked his official record, it was found that Vardhan had cited the similar reason for his transfer from Mumbai to Delhi last year, official sources said.

Vardhan was selected for IRS in 1994. He later went for training to Mussoorie for 18 months and from there to Chennai where he continued till 2001.
Bureau Report