Cbi News

CBI gave a clean chit to former UP Minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya in connection with the murder of Kunda DSP Zia-ul Haq. Also, CBI filed a "technical" closure report in the related FIR. Raja Bhaiya had to resign from the Cabinet on March-4 after Haq's wife Parveen Azad accused him of being involved in the DSP's murder.

CBI on Wednesday arrested the co-founder and MD of Micromax, Rajesh Aggarwal, and another senior executive of the company named Manish Tuli, for allegedly bribing 4-engineers of NDMC and DDA to obtain clearance for making a banquet hall in Wazirpur. The 4-engineers have also been detained along with 2-beldars who were reportedly given the task of receiving the kickback.

In a new twist, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Saturday said, it is true that some files from 1993 to 2004 are missing. On July-31, the CBI, which has so far registered 13 cases related to the coal-block allotments, had said that at-least five crucial files have not been received by it despite providing specific details.

CBI has filed a case against the then telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and BSNL officials for allegedly allotting 323 government-owned high-speed phone lines to Sun TV, the media network owned by Maran's brother. CBI in its report to the Telecom Secretary has alleged that commercial enterprises are usually charged heavy fee for these lines but SunTV got them for free.

"We can't close the investigation straightaway and, having registered an FIR for alleged misconduct, will have to talk to all people concerned. But we are open to the idea of closing the investigation," said a senior CBI source . The possibility arises if CBI finds no trace of criminality against Kumar Mangalam Birla, Hindalco and PC Parakh in it's investigation.

The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry against Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal and unknown officials in connection with alleged irregularities in the disinvestment of Hindustan Zinc Ltd during NDA regime. Allegedly, Sterlite Industries, part of Vedanta Resources, had picked up stake in HZL at an undervalued price resulting in losses running into hundreds of crores to the state exchequer.

Former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah will not be named in the Ishrat Jahan 'fake' encounter case by the CBI, in the supplementary chargesheet to be filed in the case, CBI sources have said. Earlier, the CBI filed a chargesheet on Jul-3 terming the encounter fake, and had said it was a joint operation between Gujarat Police and IB.

After the BJP stepped up pressure for action against Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh, the CBI on Tuesday said a probe into the allegations of corruption against the Congress leader was under way. However, Singh has refuted all the charges levelled against him saying that, BJP was “fabricating stories and tampering with facts to suit their convenience”.