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to 133),was received in cBl New Delhi in connection with the case No. Rc Ac1 2o12A0oo9,.by shri Ram singh' DysP' lo of fire case through proper channer. This 133-page document, is tiled as 'Artnexure A"' These documents contained the information relating to Defence matters of India, the disclosure of which to any unauthorised persons might be prejudicial to the safety and interest of the state. lt was apparent that these documents we;e obtained or communicated for any purpose prejudicial to safety and security of lndia' The same were sent to the cvo, Ministry of Defence, by HoB, cBf, AC-|, Nerv Defhi vide fetter No' 1868 dt: 26.07.2012, for ascertainingj their comments on these docrtments/ informa-tion' In retum thereol a communication was received vide No. 93/E (W'fl)t2012 dated o}',s'12from the Ministry of Defence, whereby it was reported t number of documentt; enclosec with the letter of Mr c Edmonds Aflen fell under
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he first page of thr: GSQR Hofographic sights for Rifle and carbine, as available page 130 0f the 'Annexure ai A,. The cr_, rs4;1s6 under secretary (GS-ru (Army), has clarified that MoD the GSQR in enfirety woutd certainrybe sensitive and possession of stake horders and its disseminarion is ertainty ffj:nil",#o1:H:::1,,::s/ 10.1 The statement of .llr C Edmonds Allen vr
Assbrant Dire cro r, oireao ra L o r Enro rce m e n t :T Prevention of Money " Laundering Act, 2002, on 1g. 10.2g12,at the consurate Generaf of lndia' New York, IJSA- The written statement of Mrc Edmonds taften on record Ailen was through the Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement.
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Verma had been introduced to one through Mr. steph en.Karoryi in earry2ooo. Mr c E&nonds Alfen a profrssionat EscRow agent, on request of shrf Abhishek verma, ag,Bed to become his escrow agent, to handle and invest $2OS Million which ;aif to have in a trust in he was Liechtenstein in LGT Bank(Liechtenstein Grobal rrust). 'lcordingty' Mr c Ednronds Allen and shri Abhishek veina entered into a Escrcw rp.ernent on 05'04'20r)0 and the same was amended on 11.02.2004. Mh Ganton Ltd t'sA rms set up by Mr r) Edmonds Aren as per r.qr"rt of shriAbhishek \brma in ifarch 2oo5' "n, Mr o Edmonds Allen was the onfy person on trre Board t iredon and he w?s dtrsisTnated of as Presiilent. This was followed by formation of the o'r'ry ny ftrl/s Ganton fnlia R/t Ltd., on 0g. 1o.2oogat New Delhi with 99.3g % equity slnn holding of fll/s Ganton Ltd usA, As per the statement of Mr c Edr ronds Aren m rde befora ure Asst Director, Directorate of Enforcernent, this was a front company of 9rdAbhbhek verna' Mr'; Anea MariaNeacsu was the founder Director of M/s Ganton fnth Pvt L6' The other Directors of the company were shri Jitendra Kumar Garg vtdvocab), shri vikki chau dhary, shri Arjun Aroraduring different periods, Later Mr cbdon Edmonds Arfen was arso m ade anominee Director.
16'5 fnvestigation has revealed that shriAbhishek Mr c' Edmonds Allen' a us National,
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1E'6' Investigation aiso revealsd that the e'mproyees of MrsG'nton lndia pvt Ltd., ex-lndia,n Defence officers and foreigners. As per 'nduded t{re in'estigatin,. lcndur*rc,
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and manager@intercompanymair.com respecrvefy, shows that shri Abhishekv verma had been using other modes of cornmuni'cation to give directions to his employees. shriAbhishek Verma had elaborate eledronic communication setup oased on internet. shriAbhishek Verma and Mrs Anca llana Neacsu' Directc'r M/s Ganton India pvt Ltd, in conspiracy with each other and other knorrn / unknown persons, got the secret information";.";;. of documents rehted to the three wings of fndian Defence Forces, obtained from Minis try of Defence/ Defence estabflshments for any purpose prejudi cial tothe safety and interest of lndia and employed the internet infrastructure {,r, :iuding ,,skype, hnd email) to communicate he secret and sensitive documents infctrmation to unbuthorisecl persons. All these doq'ment/ information were relating to the Defence matters of India and were containing the information which may be direcfly or indirec{y usefuf to the enemy counfy and he disclosure of the same to unauthorised persons bcing prejudicial to the security and integhty of fndia and rnay adversety effect relations with foreign countries. That copies of some such docutnents afso came to Mr c Edmonds Aflen via email / skype fiom shri Abhishek verma or Ms Anca MarnaNeacsu.
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as mentioned at sf Ng. 1 and 2above i.e., 11rr: 'smmary of Upgr:ade package" (p-26) ,Annuar and the zooq-0e,, (P 42 to 45) whtch pertain to the Indian Air Force (rAF')rAir wing of the Ministry of Ikfence' The document "summary of upgrade package'was the attachrnent to the enaif dt' 31'12'2009 of Mr Gili Golan an employe e of MlsGanton India pw ,-td., whiclr wa ; gent to one Paur pamrar, j* arong with two other attachments.
fnvestigation further revealed that shriAbhishek Verma, with the help of others, induding Mrs Anca Mana Neacsu and wg cdr (Retd) Koka Rao his empfoyee, obtained and communi'cated the cfocuments
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16's; ft was further reveafec that the secreu sensitive do,:g.,nsn1 at sl. No. 2, i.e., -Annual Aoquistion Ptai 2004-06" (p42 rrom the Annuat Acquisition Pfan (AAP) 2004-06 of the lndian Ai. Force. The Annuar Acquisition pran document is classified as sEcRET document. Both secreu sensitive documents had been received by Mrc Edmonds Allen via ,'skype,,, from shriAbhishek Verma' Mr Abhishek verma vras using the 'skype' id : ,sheikabhi, for communicating
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fnvestigation further revealed that the document "DraftNsQR of LRMR Aircraft mentioned at sl No' 5 above, (page $2 ofAnnexure 'A'), is arso a secret and sensitive Joqlment' of the fndian Navylts security classification ,,sEcRET", is mentioned on the
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comparison with guestioned documents. The GEQD has given a positive opinion in rospect of th'e authorship of the said document having been written by wg cdr (Retd) Kolca Rao wfto uas working for lllsGanton fndia Rd Ltd. The same was handeci over b shri Abhishek verma by wg cdr (Retd) Koka Rao, whire he worked for M/s Ganton fndla fot Ltd'' with a dishonest intenti-n to bc afit fronn lhis dear in a' ;nauthr,iised anci
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16'11 rnvestigation further reveared that the documents at sr. No. g, as encrosed Annexure 14"' page with 130 and 131 are actuanythe introdu ctorypages Quafitative Regui-ement of Generar staff (GsQR) for Horographic sights for Rifle and Gereraf sraff euatitative carbine and Requirement of sponeraco_ hottwer uas inadve T;_ at camera This, rtently termed as Request for information on passive Night sr.ght brAssauft Riffle in fire reply receive d fromMinistry of Defence vide their letter No. 93/D tvt*lly 2012 dt: 08'08'2012' Possession of this document by unauthorised those who are not the persons or stakeholders is violarive of the officiar secrets Act1g23./
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16'13 charge : Thert by the investigatiori conducted in the case so far, ithas come on rwrd that shri Abhishek verma and Mrs Anca l,tlanaNeacsu first came in contact with shri c Edmonds Allen and persuaded
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A separate compfai't U/s 3 of officialsecrets Act, 1g2gas required U/s 1l (3) of official secrets Act ,1g2gon simifar facts has been fifed in the Ld. court unoer tl e atrthorisation from G':vernrnent of fndia by smi rureenu chourdhary, s*erintendent rt Pofice' cBl' Acf' New Delhi for taking necessary o,gnizanen of the offences m:nlioned abore.
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Accused wg cdr (ltetd.) Koka Fiao was anested on 2g.11.201t,after his role emerged as an accused' The evidence to link him with the documents/ information s'filch rvEls communi'cated by him to shriAbhishek verma has come on record which is sttfficient to proceed against hin :n the trial. However som part. of investigaticn
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