Download 2 - Central Bureau of Investigation

.TRACK (S CLEAR As of now, there is norole of the minister. The trail of themoney ends at Vijay Singla and Sandeep Goyal: CBI spokespersonThe Signal CamefroniAnlnsider- . - '" ?rt4:j )a______ ___ ________BJPPointsto" BansalrSmglaBizLinksTHE PROTECTION FORCE. COPS outside PIC Bansal sresidenceln New Delhi onSundayPTIwastippedtoreplace Mittalas the board chiefAMAN SHARMA CBI on Sunday confronted Singla and VINEY SHARMANEW DELHIKumartoascertaintheuithnatebeneficiary CHANDIGARFIA tip-off from a disgruntled officer three of thebribeamountandtoprobehowsingia- As railway minister Pawan KumarmonthsagoledCßltoeventullyairestrai. planned to swing the appointment in Bansal'sfatehunginbalance,localßJpwayministerPKßansal'snephewvjjaysjngia Kumar'sfavourmeagencyplaimedtoques. leader Satya Paljalnledthe opposition'sred-handed while accepting a bribe, plunging tion Bansal and his twosons,an official said, campaign to derailthe railway minister'sthe governmentinto yet another crisis, adding that it waspreparing a writtenques political wagon. While Bansal had veheThe officer was feeling slighted by the ef tionnaire that itcould pose toBansaL mently dented having any business dealfortsof the Western Railways' general man A CBI spokqsperson told 11?the agencyhad Ings with his sister's son, Vljaysingla,Jainager Mahesh Kumar to secure the post of foundnothingagainstßan'ofnoth presenteddocumentsreveallngclosebuslmember(electrial) onthe Railway Boardby Is norole of theminister Thetrailof themoney nesslinks between the two.paying off a hefty sum toSingla, a personfa ends at Vijay Singla and Sandeep Goyal who Jam, who heads BJP's legal cell and Is amiliarwith the mattertoldET. The CBlwas were apprehended accepting the bribe former MP from Chandigarh, claimedtold that Singla was in touch with Kurnar amount," CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra Bansal's twosons were directors in through compa-his conduit Sandeep Goyal and a said.—She deniedreports that the CBI director flies floated by Singla. He also claimeddeal wasbeingworked out,the personadded acted against Kumar due to a Singla'scompanies had given the address ofCBI director Ranj itSinha, who had earlier. grudge against him during his Bansal's house In Chandigarh's Sector2Sflfserved as the directprgeneral of theRailway CDI con stint inRPF "Sinha has never they axe using his address for their compaProtection Ebree, put his best sleuths on the fronts Singla lmownKumai"Miinsai& flies, howcan there notbe abusinessllnk,"job. The agency tapped the phones of both and Kumar AsperaCßlFlß,Kumarwas Jainasked. "We demandßansal come outKuniar and Singla, recording hundreds of to ascertain unhappy at being appointed and give details of all the companies hisminutes of their cell-phone conversations, the ultimate member(stafl) of the Railway wifeandsons aredirectors o1" saidJain.before nabbing Singla accepting !90 laith as beneficiary Board on May 1. Kumar trieti He a]legedthat a seniorlAS officeiz Rahulthe firstinstalmentof the agreed amount of of the brib, toget the additional charge of Bhandarl, who Is the son-in-jaw of Bansal'sfib crore in Chandigarh on Friday GMof both Western Railways sister and Is therailwaYthlnister'sprivateWith the Railway Board chief Vinay Mittal and Signal& Telecommunication, for which secretary had also bought properties In and -retiringonJuneaoandseveralotherpostsalso he wasaskedto pay another 2 crore. Kumar around Chandigarh recently "His rolefalling vacant, Kumar was eyeing the position asked aßangalore-based railway contractor, should alsobe investigated bythe(]BL" Jointhat could pavethe way for him to head the Narayan Rao Manjunath, to arrange the said. Saying that finances and assets of theboard before hisretirement in two years. The amount In lieu of contracts that he promised Bansal family and theirrelatives In recentpost of member (electrical), which happens to toaward Manjunath in future. When thefirst years should be investigated, the BJP leaderbethemostlucrativepostsinceithandies instalment of !90 lakh arranged by app]audedtheCßlfbr'dsflig'toarrestasenprojectsworthcj-ores of rupees, wasslatedto Manjimath reached Singla and Gupta,CBI iormlnlster'skmn.-fallvacant sincethe incumbent,Kulbhushan, waspatientlylying in wbit__________________________