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CBI to question more people in `cash-for-transfer` scam
New Delhi, May 25: The `cash-for-transfer` scam in the Union Finance Ministry today appeared getting murkier with significant pointers emerging toward the alleged involvement of some senior ministry officials and the CBI gearing up to question some of them.
New Delhi, May 25: The 'cash-for-transfer' scam in the Union Finance Ministry today appeared getting murkier with significant pointers emerging toward the alleged involvement of some senior ministry officials and the CBI gearing up to question some of them.
CBI sources said the interrogation of Chennai-based chartered accountant A Krishnamurthy had pointed towards the alleged involvement of some officials of the finance ministry, who were instrumental in passing orders for transfer after receiving illegal gratification.
Agency sleuths have seized the bank accounts of Krishnamurthy, who is believed to have also been working as chartered accountant of former minister of state Gingee Ramachandran.
The scam came to light after the arrest of the minister's personal assistant R Perumalswamy, an IRS officer of 1994 batch Anurag Vardhan and Krishnamurthy. Ramachandran resigned after the surfacing of the scam.
The sources said "chits" citing names of some officials and desired postings, recovered from the residence of Perumalswamy, were being examined and questioning of such officials was likely.
Ramachandran's examination was also not being ruled out and the sources indicated that any such a step would be taken only after the interrogation of Krishnamurthy and Perumalswamy was over.
Another person, Padmanabhan, a project associate at the Centre for Atmospheric Science, IIT, Delhi, who is alleged to have driven Perumalswamy to the residence of IRS official Vardhan and was present when money changed hands is also in CBI custody.
Bureau Report
Agency sleuths have seized the bank accounts of Krishnamurthy, who is believed to have also been working as chartered accountant of former minister of state Gingee Ramachandran.
The scam came to light after the arrest of the minister's personal assistant R Perumalswamy, an IRS officer of 1994 batch Anurag Vardhan and Krishnamurthy. Ramachandran resigned after the surfacing of the scam.
The sources said "chits" citing names of some officials and desired postings, recovered from the residence of Perumalswamy, were being examined and questioning of such officials was likely.
Ramachandran's examination was also not being ruled out and the sources indicated that any such a step would be taken only after the interrogation of Krishnamurthy and Perumalswamy was over.
Another person, Padmanabhan, a project associate at the Centre for Atmospheric Science, IIT, Delhi, who is alleged to have driven Perumalswamy to the residence of IRS official Vardhan and was present when money changed hands is also in CBI custody.
Bureau Report