New Delhi: The CBI has named its former director A.P. Singh as an “accused” along with Kanpur-based meat exporter, Moin Akthar Qureshi, in an alleged corruption case.
Immediately after registering a case against Mr Singh, Central Bureau of Investigation officers conducted searches at the house of their former chief for allegedly favouring Mr Qureshi.
People familiar with the matter said a case has been registered against Mr Singh, Mr Qureshi, his employee Aditya Sharma, owner of Trimax group of companies Pradeep Koneru and other unknown people.
The people said the CBI conducted searches in four cities — New Delhi, Ghaziabad, Chennai and Hyderabad.
Mr Qureshi has been accused of accepting money from several people for securing favours from public servants. Mr Singh, a 1974-batch Indian Police Service officer, headed the CBI between November 30, 2010 and November 30, 2012.
Mr Koneru is also being probed by the CBI in connection with a disproportionate assets case against YSR Congress leader Jagan Mohan Reddy.
The CBI based its FIR on a complaint forwarded by Enforcement Directorate (ED) chief Karnal Singh, who said that in the course of investigation in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case against AMQ Group of companies owned by Mr Qureshi, it transpired that the businessman was acting as a middleman for some public servants.
In his letter, the ED chief attached records of Blackberry chat messages exchanged between Mr Singh and Mr Qureshi to allude that cognisable offences were committed by the two in collusion with each other.
There are allegations that Mr Qureshi took “huge money” from several people for obtaining undue favours from public servants and politicians.
