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Ashwanis failed visit to PMO fuels speculation

Emerges Half Hour Later Without Meeting PM
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New Delhi: Speculation over law minister Ashwani Kumar intensified after he visited the Prime Ministers Office on Thursday in the wake of the Supreme Court ticking him off for vetting a CBI report on Coalgate, only to emerge a while later without meeting the PM. A PTI photograph showed Kumar leaving the PMs South Block office and a TV crew promptly reported that the minister had met Singh. However, the minister soon denied he had met the PM and PMO sources stated the same. The ministers mystery visit to the PMO coincided with indications that the Congress leadership might be veering round to take tough calls to contain the fal-

There was speculation that Ashwani Kumar sought a few minutes with Manmohan Singh but was denied an audience

lout of the allegation that the government tried to sabotage the probe into the irregular allocation of coal block allocations, sparked off intense conjecture about what he did for the 30-odd minutes he was at South Block and if any meaning can be read into his failure to meet Singh. Kumar, Singhs personal choice for the law ministry , does not seem to enjoy much sympathy in the Congress as

he is criticized by the judiciary and the opposition for carrying out changes in CBIs coal scam report, with party circles virtually unanimous ascribing his survival to his proximity to the PM. Significantly , sources in the PMO said that the PM was indeed in his office on Thursday morning when the PTI photograph showed Kumar coming out of South Block. There was specula-

tion that Kumar sought a few minutes with him but did not get an audience and, therefore, returned after meeting some officials. According to a PTI report, Kumar said: I did not meet the Prime Minister today . Kumar did attend a Cabinet meeting the evening where he spoke on an agenda pertaining to his ministry. A personal audience with the PM, however, would have given him an opportunity to present his take on the SCs comments. It is understood that the law minister does not feel the court has been scathing despite the widespread interpretation that his role was criticized by the SC, indicating he continues to see no reason to quit. While Kumar did not meet the PM, attorney general G E Vahanvati did and is believed to have explained the implications of the courts comments and order. On Wednesday , the court had pointedly asked if the integrity of the investigation was not subverted by changes in the status report made on the suggestions of the law minister and government officers.

Why is post of member traffic kept vacant?

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Future tense, Bansal skips Cabinet meet

ter might have decided to keep a low profile in view of New Delhi: Amid uncer- the lengthening doubts tainty about his tenure and about his continuation in signs that the CBI is prepar- the government. ing to quiz him in connecWhile Bansal hangs on, tion with the cash-for-post- reports on how business ening scam, railway minister terprises run by his family Pawan Bansal on Thursday benefitted by receiving skipped a Cabinet meeting. large loans from Canara Although the minister Bank soon after a chartered reportedly stayed away from accountant close to him was the meeting because he was made a director have embarunder the weather, his ab- rassed the government. sence coincided with strong There could be more indications that the Con- trouble for Bansal as CBI gress leadership was con- sources said he will be questemplating taking a few tioned in a few days in the hard decisions to repair the light of evidence gathered from the ministers private secretary Rahul Bhandari and information provided by 10 accused persons currently in custody . The agency is also planning to question Bansals officer on special duty Vitul Kumar, an IPS officer related to the minister, about the process for finalizing postings and visits of For instructions to download Alive arrested persons to the app, see Page 18 railway ministry. The accused in the damage caused by allega- bribery case include Singla tions of corruption, and es- and suspended Railway calated speculation about Board member Mahesh Kuhis ministerial innings. mar who had allegedly paid The government has the bribe for being appointbeen embarrassed by daily ed to the post of member revelations of the business (electrical). ventures of his family memThe agency seems inbers and nephew Vijay Sin- creasingly certain that the gla who was arrested receiv- minister was the authority ing a Rs 90 lakh bribe. Singla and Sandeep Goyal, a Even though Bansal did railway supplier close to attend a meeting of an empo- Singla, were referring to wered group of ministers on when they assured Mahesh drought on Wednesday , Con- Kumar that his posting gress sources said the minis- would come through.
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CBI director agrees with caged parrot remark by SC

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Nothings changed since 97 ruling

Abhinav Garg
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New Delhi: A landmark judgment and the man who helped the Supreme Court frame it converged again after almost 15 years. As the highest court in the land revisits its 1997 judgment in the Vineet Narain vs Union of India case to build jurisprudence on insulating the CBI from executive interference, its central protagonist, journalist and anti-corruption crusader Vineet Narain, was in court. Speaking to TOI after Wednesdays marathon hearing where the SC derisively referred to the CBI as a caged parrot, Narain said

he wasnt surprised but felt an acute sense of deja vu during the coal scam hearings. In more than 15 years since the verdict on my PIL, we havent travelled any distance. My PIL filed in 1993 demanded an honest probe in the hawala case which had dangerous consequences for the nations security and finances. Despite SC monitoring, the case was never properly probed. I saw how CBI and governments top law officers played a dubious role to ensure the probe was botched up. From SCs observations in the coal scam, its clear we are back to square one, he said. However, Narain added a

sobering note to the current euphoria over the SCs stinging observations and said: Contrary to general expectation, the SC on Wednesday didnt emphasize much on accusations against the political leadership. In a carefully treaded path, they expressed anguish and anger in no uncertain terms against interference of the executive in the ongoing investigations. It appears the court is more interested in ensuring that the 1997 judgment is implemented in letter and spirit. So much so, they have asked the

law officers to come back with a firm commitment. Narain, whose investigative journalism during the 1990s threatened to singe the high and mighty, believes no political party wants to let go of the CBI and the coal allotment case is no different. Narain hasnt just been an interested observer in the current PIL proceedings before the apex court. Encouraged by the SCs repeated reference to the hawala judgment authored by the late Justice J S Verma, the activist has filed a written submission in court, urging the judges to pay heed to his suggestions on making the CBI effective and efficient.

Hyderabad: It is an open secret in the corridors of Rail Nilayam, the headquarters of the South Central Railway that their boss, general manager Devi Prasad Pande will become member (traffic) of the Railway Board in the first week of July . They are also aware that Pande, who arrived in Secunderabad a month ago on April 10, has just come here to fulfill the requirement that mandates only officers who have served as general managers of a zonal railway can be appointed as a board member. Pande, a 1976 batch Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officer, was additional member (traffic) at the Railway Board before he parachuted to this city . In the meanwhile, the post of member (traffic) is being held by the chairman of the Railway Board, Vinay Mittal. So why is Mr Mittal holding charge? Is it to warm the chair for Mr Pande till he fulfills the mandatory requirement of being a zonal general manager? asks a railway officer. The question is significant in view of the recent scandal in appointments in railway posts. Mittal will superannuate at the end of June this year and the expectation is that his exit will lead to Pandes elevation. Though Pande has a good track record, there is a senior officer whose claims are being overlooked. S V Arya, general manager of the West Central Railway headquartered in Jabalpur, in normal course should have been appointed as the member (traffic) but due to inexplicable reasons his claims have been overlooked.

New Delhi: CBI director Ranjit Sinha on Thursday said he agreed with the Supreme Courts observations that the agency lacked independence as it was a caged parrot with many masters. Sinha offered the brief comment as he was surrounded by TV crews on his return to Delhi on Thursday morning. Inundated by questions on the SCs remarks, Sinha said whatever the court had said was correct. The court had come down heavily on the CBI for sharing the status report on the coal allocation scam probe with law minister Ashwani Kumar and PMO and coal ministry officials. The agency had issued a statement, saying: CBI assures the Supreme Court of thorough and qualitative investigation into Coalgate. It will follow directions of Supreme Court in letter and spirit. Observing that the CBI was like a caged parrot, the court had said it should stand up to all pulls and pressures and not share its probe with anyone, including the law minister. In a significant order on Wednesday , a bench headed by Justice R M Lodha had asked the government to make efforts to come out with a law before July 10 to insulate the CBI from external intrusion. When asked about his reaction, Sinha said: It is up to the government. We accept Supreme Courts observations with great respect.

Sale of Immovable proper ty/los mortgaged to Bank under Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act , 2002 (No. 54 of 2002) Auction No. ALB/KoI Metro/GHT/0037/Richbirds/2013-141001 Dated: 10.05.2013 Whereas , the Authorized Officer of Allahabad Bank had taken possession of the following property/ies pursuant to the notice issued under Sec 13(2) of the Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 in the following loan account with right to sell the same on AS IS WHERE IS BASIS , AS IS WHAT IS BASIS for realization of Banks dues plus interest as detailed hereunder and whereas consequent upon failure to repay the dues , the undersigned in exercise of power conferred under Section 13(4) of the said Act proposes to realize the Bank s dues by sale of the said property/les, The Sale will be done by the undersigned through e-auction platform provided at the websi te www.tenderwizard .com/abbank.
Borrower Account ! Mortgagor Name of the Account! Borrower MIS Richbirds Rice Mill Pvt. Ltd , Directors; 1.Rakesh Baneijee S/0 Aiya Baneijee 2. Satyajft Banerjee SI0 Late Amit Ranjan
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Head Office

Branch Office: 51 D ,Gariahat Road Kolkata Kolkata 700 019

, 2, Netaji Subh as Road ,

Kolkata 700 001

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CVC seeks coal CBI job also to report from CBI get food, meds
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b)Date of Possession c) Claim Amount as

per Demand Notice

a) Date of Demand Notice

Descflpt ion of Property I) All that The piece or parcel of land measuring more or less 326 dec. appertaining to Mouza- PJamganj and Bongpur under J.L. No.31 & 32 under different Khatians and Dags written hereunder MouzaAlamganj R.S.Kfl No.- LR.Kli No.163 R.S.Dag No.322, L.R.Dag No. 377, Area 14 Decimal. MouzaAlamganj R.S.Kh No.- , L.R.Kh No. 264 R.S.Dag No. 321, L.R.Dag 372, Area 04 Decimal. Mouza Alamgar R.S.Kh No.269 , L.R.Kh No. 264, R.S.Dag No. 321 L.RDag No 372, Area 03 Decimal. Mouza Alamganj R.S.Kh No.269 , L.R.KIl No. 264, R.S.Dag No, 321, L.R.Dag 312, Area 03 Decimal. Mouza Alamganj R.S.Kh No.269 L.R.Kh No. 383, 427 , 265 andl99 R.S.Dag No. 321 , L.R.Dag 372, Areal3 Decimal. Mouza Alamganj R.S.Kh No.268 , L.R.Kh No. 264 , R.S.Dag No. 321, L.R.Dag No. 372, Area 03 Decimal. Mouza Bongpur R.S.KhNo. -- , L.R.KhNo.343,377,501,236 &119 R.S.Dag No. 60, L.R.Dag No. 61/527 & 61, Area 158 Decimal. Mouza Bongpur R.S.Kh No.195 , L.R.Kh No. 343 ,377 ,501 ,236 &119 R.S.Da9 No. 60, LR.Dag No. --- Area 47 Decimal. Mouza Bongpur RS.Kli No.-- , L.RKh No. 343,377 ,501,236 &119 R.S.Dag No. 60, L.R.Dag No. 62/527,61 ,62 &67 ,Area 80 Decimal. PHASE-Il All thatthe piece or parcel of land appertaining to Mouza-Bongpur,J.L.No.32, AS. Khatian no.195 L.R.Kliatian nos 343,377 ,501 & 119 under Khanda Krishi Khatian nos. 378 & 236, L.R. Dag no. 60/2023 with in P.S. & District: Burdhman,Area of land 80 Decimals. Total area of land in phase-I & phase-Il measuring more or less 406 dec. equIvalent to 12 Blghas 4 cottahs and where upon or part whereof one old double storied building is standing thereon measuring more or less 2000 sq. lest super built up area. And whereupon or part whereof brick built Tin shed and asbestos shed structures are standing thereon measuring more or less 12000 sq. feet. The property above stated Is situated with in Burdwan Municipality under ward no. 22 and being holding ro.174.
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b) Earned Money a) Rs.726.71 lacs

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1. Rakesh Banerjee 8/0 Arya Banerjee R/O 105W1 Survey Park Kolkata 75

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b) 11.10.2012

Mortgagor & Guarantor :M/S Richbirds Rice Mill Pvt.LId. through its Director
Rakesh Banerjee

2. Sandip Bharti S/a Dwarika Bharti R/O 11/6 Picnic Garden Road Kolkata

c) Rs.4,29,28,899.00 plus interest till the date of realization and costs , charges and expenses

b)

Rs.72.671 lecs

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New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission has sought a detailed report from the CBI on its controversial decision to share the coal scam status report with the government, even as many observers are hoping that the government will come up with a comprehensive autonomy package for the agency unlike in the past. The CVC is believed to have taken cognizance of the entire development in the coal scam, and has sought details. The commission has superintendence over the CBI under the CVC Act, 2003 on all cases of corruption being investigated by the federal agency . The CVC has also sought a detailed report from the CBI on the status of its investigation into the scam. Given the Supreme Courts strictures on the law minister, the attorney general and officials of the PMO and the coal ministry carrying out changes to the CBI report, it is not clear what action the CVC will initiate. Given the partial superintendence that the CVC has over the CBI, many within

the government are arguing that, this time, the agencys autonomy should be comprehensive and not piecemeal. The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the government to come up with a comprehensive proposal before July 10 to protect the CBI from external influence and intrusion. The court also pointed out that despite its judgment in the Vineet Narain case 15 years ago ordering autonomy for the CBI, the situation has only got worse.

Neeraj Chauhan

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QUERY ON CHANGES
Government officials said when the government comes up with its suggestions, it should not play the kind of games played last time when such an opportunity came. The CVC Act said the CVC will review the progress of investigations conducted by the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act into offences alleged to have been committed under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. This limited the CVCs oversight over the agency , with a large part of the CBIs activities outside the CVCs superintendence.

New Delhi: The CBI has arrested a bevy of businessmen and others in connection with the railway jobs for sale scam and this is giving the agency a headache in more ways than one. As if questioning them and trying to piece together evidence was not enough, the agency is having to coordinate delivery of home cooked food to the accused and even employing a food taster to sample the eatables lest they be laced with poisonous substances. Then, it has to take care of the medication of several of the arrested persons. Among those in CBI custody are railway minister Pawan Bansals nephew Vijay Singla, businessmen Sandeep Goyal, Ajay Garg, Sushil Daga, Samir Sandhir, Rahul Yadav, Manjunath and Railway Board member (staff) Mahesh Kumar. An officer from the investigating team told TOI that the accused had to be kept inside CBI headquarters at Lodhi Road during the remand. Most of them were given food by the agency but some, on the special request

The CBI has also employed a food taster to sample the eatables for the accused lest they be laced with poisonous substances
of their families, were allowed home cooked food. For this, the agency had to take the help of food tasters from within the CBI to make sure that nothing harmful was mixed in their food. The agency also has to take care of medicines of some of the accused like Mahesh Kumar, Vijay Singla and others, sources said. Some accused had their specific demands, which we obviously refused to fulfil but this process consumes a lot of time, said an officer. The agency had to keep the accused persons in an interrogation room or in the investigating officers room during the day time, when they needed to be questioned or confronted with the other accused or any documentary evidence, while at night, guards had to be around to keep an eye on them.

More banks on Cobrapost scam list

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11. After finalization of e-Auctlo n by the Authorized Officer, only successful bidder will be informed by our above referred service provider/Authorized Officer through SMS/ email.( on mobile no! email address given by them/registered with the service provider). 12.The successful bidder shall have to deposit 25% (twenty five percent) of the bid amount, less EMD amount deposited, immediately and the remaining amount shall be pad with in 15 days from the date of auction. In case of failure to deposit the amount within the time as stipulated, the amount deposited by successful bidder will be forfeited by the Authorized Officer and Authorized Officer shall have the liberty to cancel the auction and conduct afresh auction. 13.The balance payments are required to be made inthe form of Banker s Cheque/Demand Draft issued by a Scheduled Commercial Bank drawn in favour of The Authorized Officer, Allahabad Bank Gariahat Payable at Kolkata. 14. On receipt of the entire sale consideration, the Authorized Officer shall issue the Sale Certificate as per rules. 15. All expenses relating to stamp duty and registration of Sale Certlf lcate/ conveyance, if any, shall be borne by the successful bidder. 16. The Authorized Officer will not be held responsible for any charge, lien , encumbrance , property tax, or any other dues to the Government or anybody in respect of the property under sale. 17. The Authorized Officer has the absolute right to accept or reject any bid or adjourn/postpone/cancel the sale without assigning any reason therefore, it may be noted that nothing in this notice constituteor deemed to constitute any commitment or representation on the part of the bank to sell the property. 18. For inspection of the property/ies, the intending bidders may contact Allahabad Bank, Gafahat Branch during office hours between 10th June 2013 to 12th June 2013. Note: This Is also a notice to the bonower/guarantorsfmortgagors of the above said loan about holding of this sale on the above mentioned date and other details. Date :10.05.2013 Auhtorlsed Offi Officer ce r Place: Kolk ata Allahabad Allahaba d Bank

New Delhi: Investigative website Cobrapost has released further secret tapes to show alleged money laundering by more banks. In the third part of its tapes, Cobrapost claimed it has recorded officials of Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra, Allahabad Bank and Bank of Baroda, all major public sector banks, as well as IndusInd Bank, ING Vysya Bank, HDFC Bank , ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, among private sector banks. Officials of these banks allegedly offered to help a corrupt politician invest his black money into banking accounts and various insurance products. In part one of its expos, Cobrapost had claimed that officials of ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank were willing to assist a corrupt politician to convert his corrupt money. In the second part, Cobrapost had unveiled secret tapes of 23

banks and insurance firms offering to help launder money. Among the 23 were SBI and Life Insurance Corporation. The RBI continues to act as a protector, and not as a regulator or enforcer. The RBI is loathe to admit that there exists a massive money laundering racket in our financial institutions across the board, flourishing under its very nose, simply because if it were to admit to this deep-rooted malaise, it would strip the

RBI of its halo as one of the best banking regulators in the world, Cobrapost said. New videos allegedly show bank officials offering to help the assistant of a corrupt politician to exploit banking channels to route dirty money into banks and insurance products. The latest tapes covered 10 banking institutions, including HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank, which were already covered in the first part of the Cobrapost expos. In the third part, more officials of already named banks figure. The videos, across the large spectrum of such illegal activity, clearly prove that this is not simply the design of some criminally oriented officers, or for that matter, some young, front-office executive succumbing to performance pressures. It proves without doubt that this corruption is endemic, and spread through the Indian banking and insurance system, a statement by Cobrapostsaid.