Delhi Police to probe fraud complaint against Abhishek Verma: HC

The SMSes and calls to Verma’s lawyer seeking reaction remained unanswered. Verma and his wife Anca are in judicial custody in different cases.

Alleging that no action was taken on the complaint of Corwip by CBI,the company had approached Special CBI court here seeking a probe into the matter.

Its plea was granted in March this year by Special CBI Judge Swarna Kanta Sharma who ordered CBI to register FIR considering the matter to be exceptional.”

The Delhi Police,which has been asked to probe the case,had communicated to the company in February that CBI should investigate the matter since evidence is in the sole custody of the central agency which is already carrying out several international probes against Verma and his associates.

The company has alleged that Verma had approached it with a proposal to set a Rs 10 crore joint venture for providing in India services under Internet Service Provider licenses with voice including mobile and fixed line voice services.

While the company had deposited its share of Rs five crore,Verma who was supposed to deposit almost similar amount did not remit any money towards their paid-up share capital,the company had alleged.

It said that the company has provided the complaint to the then Special Director V K Gupta who was on a visit to New York on October 25,2012.

CBI has also collected over 3000 documents from estranged business associate of Verma,C Edmond Allen,related to dealings of the arms dealer and told him not to share these documents with anyone.

During the hearing before the Delhi High Court,Corewip had said,”…since prior to his complaint under section 156(3) documents containing more than 3000 pages were collected by the CBI team from New York,but no action had been taken,however,he has no objection if the matter is investigated into,in terms of order passed by the Special Judge,and on the basis of the investigation already conducted and the documents collected.”

“It is very important to order investigation in such cases of cheating which involve the companies of foreign origin also since by such fraud and cheating,prestige of our country is also out at stake,” Sharma had said in her order.

Challenging the order CBI,which has recently sought pardon for Verma from the Suprme Court in a separate matter,pleaded before the Delhi High Court that it can only probe cases in which public servants are involved.

“…the order of the learned Special Judge,CBI is modified to the extent that the investigating agency shall be the EOW wing of the Delhi Police and all documents which stand collected by the CBI shall be transferred to the EOW wing of the Delhi Police,” Justice G S Sistani directed in a recent order.