CBI summons RIL official over leaked files
Senior Reliance Industries official and a chartered accountant on board of several firms summoned in case involving leak of classified documents from govt offices
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned a senior Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) official and a chartered accountant who is on the board of several firms and government bodies in the case involving the leak of classified documents from government offices.
The CBI also arrested Daljeet Singh, a clerk with the department of industrial policy and promotion after the agency found documents on foreign investments in HDFC Bank and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals had also been leaked. Both companies have denied they have any role in the leaks.
The RIL official was allegedly in regular touch with chartered accountant Khemchand Gandhi, who gave him confidential documents from the commerce and finance ministries on the foreign investment policies, people close to the matter said. RIL did not respond to PTI queries seeking comments on the development.
These people said the CBI has summoned Rajendra Chitale, partner at Chitale and Associates. His partner Paresh Chiman Lal Buddhadev was arrested on Friday while allegedly trying to destroy confidential government documents in his office.
The agency has recovered documents relating to foreign investment proposals on the Jet Airways-Etihad deal, HDFC Bank and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals among others. People close to the matter said the CBI has recovered file notings related to an HDFC Bank proposal to the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which was cleared last year after being rejected initially.
“We categorically deny having known or heard of, let alone interacted with the individual named in these news reports. Any suggestion that we may have indulged in any wrongdoing is completely baseless and untrue," HDFC Bank said in a statement.
The CBI also questioned a Delhi-based official of PriceWaterhouseCoopers. The firm said in a statement, “Our manager met CBI officials today in connection with the FIPB applications filed by our clients and the official communication that we have exchanged with FIPB in this regard, in the normal course of business. Necessary clarification as asked for were provided."
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