Shri Ranjit Sinha, IPS

Director
Abhishek Verma
Central Bureau of Investigation
CBI Headquarters, CGO Complex
New Delhi
26
th
July 2013
RE: CBI RC-SIU8-1999-E-OOOl AGAINST ASHOK AGGARWAL, IRS
Respected Sir,
In continuation to my earlier letters in regards Ashok Aggarwal against whom I
am an Approver of the CBI court in the aforementioned case u/s PC Act, I was shocked
to learn from a newsitem prominently published in today's Indian Express that Ashok
Aggarwal blatantly violated O f f ~ c i a l Secrets Act and no action was taken against him.
The Hon'ble Finance Minister Shri P. Chidambaram was disturbed to note that
Aggarwal had attached with his representation photocopies of file notings and other
documents that ought not to have been in his possession. The FM wrote in his note on
December 12, 2005 that, '1 am disturbed to see Shri AK Aggarwal has access to Mes. He
has annexed photocopies of a number of documents which normally should not be in
his possession. The Revenue Secretary is requested to take stringent action against
those in charge of the files and ensure that Shri Aggarwal has no access to the
documents ': The FM also wrote, "There is also no reason why Shri Aggarwal who is a
suspended officer should frequently visit North Block. I wonder who gives him
appointments and how he is allowed to enter the office without an appointment?/I
It is surprising to note that the CBI did not register any case of OSA against Shri
Aggarwal till date. On the other hand an OSA case was promptly registered and my wife
(a European national) Anca- Maria Verma and I arrested by the CBI merely on the basis
of allegations and a barrage of faxes of a psychopath from New York namely
C.Edmonds Allen. So much so, the overzealous officers of CB1's AC-1 branch led by Shri
Ramnish Geer SSP wrote to various Ministries of Defence and Home, seeking their
comments on the material/documents sent to the CBI by Allen - claiming those
documents were sent to him in the past by my wife and me.
In September 2012 during CBI remand - I had stated to Smt. Meenu Choudhry
SP and Shri Rajesh Solanki, th,e I/O of our OSA case (RC-AC1-2012-A0012) that Ashok
Aggarwal has planted all the secret documents on us by sending them first to
C.Edmonds Allen in New York and at Aggarwal's instructions Allen started disseminating
them to the MOD, CVe, CBI and other agencies besides unauthorizedly transmitting
,. \ y ' them to the press and to Shri Prashant Bhushan and Shri Arvind Kejriwal social
\}-y activists, claiming falsely that my wife and I had sent those classified documents to him
in the past.
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Abhishek Verma
The CBI team investigating aforementioned OSA case blindly believed everything
that Allen wrote and not a word of ours! In fact Sr SUf?dt of Police Ramnish Geer AC1
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branch scoffed and instructed the I/O in my presence not to believe a word of mine
about Ashok Aggarwal and the 'conspiracy angle' as he remarked, "yeh (Abhishek) to
khamkha hi Ashok Aggarwal gartb ka naam leta rehta h a i ' ~ In my previous letters written
to your goodself of January 2013, April 2013, May 2013, June 2013 & 1
st
July 2013, I had
provided explicit details with documentary proof of the connection between Ramnish
Geer, C.Edmonds Allen, Ashok Aggarwal and Jagdish Tytler.
For last 13 years, the only agenda Ashok Aggarwal had was to destroy my life and
irreparably damage my credibility as CBI failed to see through the sinister designs and
remained a mute spectator to his continued tirade. Pirates such as Ashok Aggarwal are a
threat to the society, the establishment and unfit to serve the citizens and Govt of India.
I humbly request you to please peruse the aforementioned file notings of the
Hon'ble Finance Minister as claimed by the Indian Express and if indeed there was a
violation of OSA, then Aggarwal should immediately be booked and taken into custody
for interrogation which will reveal details of his source(s) that provided him classified
(secret) information from various Ministries. I am positive that with the thorough
investigation by your department, the nexus of venal officers of the Government with
pirates such as Ashok Aggarwal would be revealed which will help in curbing the dragon
of corruption!
Abhishek Verma
(In judicial custody)
Jail-4, Tihar Prisons
New Delhi 110064
Warm regards,
Enclosed: Newspaper clipping of Indian Express dated 26
th
July 2013.
CC HE Shri Pranab Mukhel)i; President of India
Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India
Chief Justice of India, Supreme Court
UPA Chairperson, Smt Sonia Gandhi
Shri P Chidambaram, Finance Minister of India
Chief Justice of Delhi High Court
Chief Vigtfance Commissioner, New Delhi
Minister of State for Personnel & Public Grievances, New Delhi
Secretary, CVe:: New Delhi
Farmhouse# 2, Church Road, Vasant Kunj , New Delhi 110070 Tel# 011 26138277 Fax# +91 11 -26138377
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JO RNAUSM OF COUQAGE
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istanceitselffrom Aggarwal ghtt 5 ase
I Told Finance Ministry that 'no case .under
investigation, cases are in court'
RAHUL TRIPATIll
NEW DELHI, JULY 25
T
HE CBI'.s case against former
Enforcement Directorate offi-
lL cial AshokAe:garwal has taken
. another curious with the probe
agency conveying to the Finance Min-
istry, on the question of his reinstate-
ment , that it is investigating no cases
. against him. This, in fact, happened be-
fore the agency moved to replace its sen-
ior counsels in the matter.
. While CBI sources on Thursday
claimed that the decision to remove sen-
ior advocates Gopal Subramanium and
Dayan Krishnan, who have dealt with
the matter for nearly a decade, from the
case was taken at the behest of its nodal
, ministry, the Department of Personnel &
! llaining, sources said, the fact is that the
agency itself has been sending mixed sig-
nal s in the past few months.
The most glaring was its departure
from the agency"s standard response in
thc last] 2years or so to a routine query
by Ashok Aggarwal's parent department
in the Finance Mini stry, which it has to
scnd by procedure. on whether he can
he rcinstal ed. The stock response has qJ.
ways been i"n the negative with CBI rou-
tinelymennoning that the officer is being
investigated for charges of alleged fraud
and corruption.
This time, however, the CBI sought
to distance itself from the case although
it bas filed chargesheets in the matter.
It is to have s'tated that "thete is
no case under investigation with CBI" ,
addingtha1the "cases are in court". But
sources pointed out that even in cases
which are sub judice, the agency makes it
a point to list out the legal actions taken
against ail accused official in detail.
The technical grounds for s1,lcb an
open-ended remark, sources said, has
its roots in the closure ofthe most recent
of investigations in the Ashok Aggarwal
case. This was done despite recommen-
dation of investigating team to proceed
with registration of a regular case, but
was shot down by the CBI's prosecution
department that surprisingly found no
merit since there was no loss to the pub-
lie exchequer.
The case relates to allegedirregu-
larities in allocation of offshore mining
rights given to companies for exploring
minerals in the sea-bed along the Bay of
Bengal and the Arabian sea.
It was alleged that AggaJwal 's family,
including hi s son and brother received
28 out of 64 blocks. It was also alleged
that the five compani es which received
the licences were either owned fully or
pmtially by Aggatwal or his f'lIni ly mem-
bers. The agency is also learnt to have
sent its recommendati on to -the Indian
Bureau of Mines. The CBI initiated the
probe following an order from the N ag-
pur High Court.
Refusing to elaborate on CBI's ac-
tion, CBI spokesperson Dharini Mishra
said: "Th.e is sub judice."
AggalWal had access to secret files,
'disturbed' Chidambaram had noted
UTKARSHANAND
NEW DELHI, JULY 25
"Revenue Secretary is requested to .
stringent action against those in charge of
the files and ensure that Shri Aggarwal
lTHAS emerged from the records ofthe has no access to the documents."
ongoing corruption case against Ashok Chidambaram also said: " ... There is
Aggalwal that the former sernar Enforce- ... reason why SluiAggarwal, who is a
ment Directorate official had got unau- pended officer, should frequently visit
thorised access to several classified docu- North Block. I wonderwho gives him ap-
mellts, compelling then finance mir.tister P pointrnents and how he is allowed to enter
Chidambaram to order an inquiry.
The CBI on Thursday pleaded for a
week's time in the Supreme Court to con-
tinue its arguments. As reported in The
Indian Express pn Thursday, the CBl had,
a day before the scheduled hearing, sud-
denly decided to replace both its lead
lawyers in the case.
In June 2005, Chidambaram sanc- .
tionedAggarwal's prosecution, sayinghe
was satisfied thatthesanctioning autllOrity .
had all the material relied upon by the
CBl Hi s noting dated June 18, 2005, re-
fut ed all egations by the officer that cru-
cial documents had not been considered.
A few months later, however, Chi-
dambaram said hewas "disturbed" to note
that AggaIwaJ had attached withhisrepre-
sentation photocopies offi le notings and
other documents that oughtr,ot to have
been in his possession. "I am disturbed to
see Shri A KAggarwal has access to files.
He has annexed photocopies of a number
of documents, which, normaily should
not be in his possession, " the minister
said in a note dated December 12, 2005.
The file on Aggarwal's suspension
and sanction for prosecution had
passed through Jaswant Singh and
Pranab Mukherjee. Singh initially
gave his sanction, but, says the
eBl, did a ' U-turn' in 2007 and said
he'd never examined the records
the office without an appointment. "
The file on the continuation of Aggar-
wal's suspension and sanction for prosecu-
tion had earli er passed through finance
mini sters Jaswant Singh and Pranab
Mukhelj ee. Singh initially gave his sanc-
tion, but. says the CBI , did a "U-turn" and
submitted an affidavit in 2007 saying he
had never examined the records.
, In February 2012, while reviewillg the
decision to continue Aggarwal's suspen-
sion as per an order of the Central Ad-
.ministrative lbbunal, then finance p' in-
ister Mukherjee noted: " ... Merit of the
case should be reviewed during the next re-
view meeting. CBI's response in respect of
CAT order should also be obtained. "
On Thursday, CBI got a week's tinle to
lead its arguments with a new set of
lawyers, to be headed by Attorney General
G E Vahanvati. Sellior advocate Ram
Jethmalani, who appeared for Aggarwal,
. mentioned the matter before a bench led
.by JustiCe B S Chauhan. The court posted
the matter for hearing on next Thursday.
As J ethmalani said the matterneeded
to be urgently heard, the bench remarked:
"All matters are urgent forus and we are
waiting to hear them. The lawyers, how-
ever, are not appearing."
Additional Solicitor Generallll cliJ a
Jaisingh, representing the finance min-
istry, however, said that shewas ready to a1 -
gue the case and needcd no adjournment
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