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The CBI today carried out searches at three locations in Noida and the national capital in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the procurement and supply of Tatra all terrain vehicles to the Army.
Three teams of the agency officials reached the residences of two retired Army officials and an official of Vectra early this morning and took into their possession some crucial documents related to the deal, the CBI sources said.
The CBI has again called BEML Chairman, Mr V.R.S. Natarajan, and Vectra Chairman, Mr Ravinder Rishi, for questioning today. Both were questioned yesterday also.
The agency has registered a case naming Mr Rishi and unnamed officials of the Defence Ministry, Army and BEML on March 30 for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating and also under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The agency is probing alleged irregularities in assigning of supply from Czechoslovakia-based Tatra, with which the agreement was originally signed in 1986, to the Tatra-Sipox UK owned by Mr Rishi in 1997, the sources said.
“In continuation of the aforesaid conspiracy to cause undue benefit to the UK-based company, the unknown officials of the Defence PSU allowed change of currency from US dollar to euro and further by not levying the liquidated damages, thereby causing further loss of Rs 13.27 crore,” the CBI spokesperson had said.
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