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This is an archive article published on August 1, 1998

Transfer of urea money was pre-meditated: CBI

New Delhi, July 31: In a pre-planned conspiracy, Karsan top executives had surreptitiously and swiftly got the entire advance amount of ...

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New Delhi, July 31: In a pre-planned conspiracy, Karsan top executives had surreptitiously and swiftly got the entire advance amount of 37.62 million transferred to their personal accounts and some middlemen in the urea export deal to India, the CBI told a Delhi court today.

Concluding the arguments on charge, CBI counsel V N Ojha said 8220;the entire second instalment of 37.62 million advanced to Karsan by the National Fertilisers Ltd NFL, was credited to Geneva8217;s Pictet Bank on November 30, 1995, and was swiftly transferred to personal accounts of co-conspirators, the same day.8221;

Ojha said the letters regarding the transfer of the money to the bank were prepared in advance on November 23, 1995, by the Karsan officials, while the account was opened afterwards.

Four million dollars were transferred to the account of one B S Lagu of Dubai and 3.42 lakh went to the insurance company of London which had arranged marine insurance cover for the failed8217; contract, he said.

Two lakh dollars weretransferred to the the account of Karsan8217;s Indian agent M Sambasiva Rao in his account with ANZ Grindlays Bank of Hyderabad and an equal amount was sent by the Karsan executives to a firm, Maliyan Holdings in the US, the CBI counsel alleged.

The major part of the amount 28.10 million went into the personal account no. 91925 of Karsan executive Tunkay Alankus in the Pictet Bank while 1.10 million was transferred in his colleague Cihan Karanci8217;s personal account no. 91924, in the same bank, Ojha told the special court.

 

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