CBI may go through Tejinders phone calls
New Delhi: Probing Gen V K Singhs complaint of alleged bribery offer made to him, the CBI will go through call records of retired Lt Gen Tejinder Singh to find out whether he was in touch wit
h Vectra Chairman Ravinder Rishi or his associates before or after meeting the Army Chief, reports PTI. CBI sources said the Army chief in his recent meeting with sleuths has assured them that he would provide some ” clinching” evidence to buttress his complaint that Tejinder Singh had allegedly offered him a bribe of Rs 14 crore to clear supply of a tranche of all- terrain vehicles to the Army. The CBI has met Army Chief on Friday last week to seek clarifications on his complaint but it is yet to meet Lt Gen ( Retd) Tejinder Singh. The agency, which has registered a preliminary enquiry in connection with complaint submitted by the Army Chief, is relying on three documents – visitors register, Record of Discussion of Army and documents related to Tatra, they said.
Talked of agreed candidate for Prez poll: Pawar
New Delhi: NCP chief Sharad Pawar, who had caused a flutter by pitching for a ” nonpolitical” person as the candidate for the Presidential polls, on Monday said he had only talked about an ” agreed” candidate. ” I have not said this. I have spoken about agreed candidate,” Pawar told PTI when asked to comment on his remark of a ” non- political” candidate for the post of the President of India. Pawar, who is also the Union Agriculture Minister, insisted that neither the UPA nor the NDA have the numbers and, therefore, a process of consultation was necessary. ” I have said this much that during this time looking at the UPA and the NDA strength we need to have a high- level dialogue and take a decision. I am sure concerned leadership will start the process. We need to think about agreed candidature at this moment,” he said.
NRHM scam: ED begins identification of assets for attachment
New Delhi/ Lucknow: The Enforcement Directorate has begun identifying assets of the accused in the Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam for attachment under the provisions of money laundering laws, reports PTI. The agency had some time back registered 14 separate cases under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ( PMLA) against former UP family Welfare Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha and others in the alleged financial irregularities in the centrally sponsored National Rural Health Mission. The ED, according to sources, is working to tighten the case from the financial angle even as the CBI has filed at least three charge sheets against a number of people in the case.
