Proof of transactions abroad,I-T eye on cricketers in Kochi deal

These “source reports”,available with The Indian Express,detail the meteoric rise in Modi’s financial fortunes and assets acquisition over three years of the IPL from an earlier “background of failed media ventures,drug cases and defaults”.

However,no request for back-up investigations has as yet been routed by the IT Department to either the Enforcement Directorate or the International Taxation Department.

As far as the Kochi team is concerned,sources said,the hitherto undisclosed stakes of two Test cricketers are being investigated. The holdings of the Kochi team and the sweat equity of Sunanda Pushkar were the main focus of the report prepared by the department for the Finance Ministry.

While Modi has maintained that neither his phones or computers were taken by members of the IT team that “visited” his offices in Mumbai,key members of the team say his computer hard disk was easily cloned.

Similarly,all data from Modi’s phone has been copied and is being examined. It includes several SMSs sent by Tharoor,but officials maintain that from an investigative point of view,such information is not important.