08-04-2007, 02:05 AM
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Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
Gave broker over five days to set house in order
The truth about the shady dealings of Ashok Kumar Malhotra may never see the light of the day. According to well placed sources, the CBI officials allowed Malhotra more than five days to put his house in order before laying hands on him on the night of August 1.
Sources said that a team of CBI officials had visited Malhotra's residence on July 26 to enquire about the complaint received against him.
The CBI officials also informed Malhotra that an FIR was registered against him in connection with a case of forgery, cheating and fraudulent sale of the plots meant for slum dwellers in resettlement colonies. Soon after the CBI officials left, Malhotra is reported to have told his confidants that the matter had been sorted out.
The CBI team returned only five days later allowing Malhotra time to remove many incriminating documents and also go underground. "A team of about 35 CBI officials visited his residence at 7 am on August 26. They talked to Malhotra for more than 3-4 hours and left," the sources added.
<b>According to top sources, at the time of filing of the FIR about 75 cars were parked in front of Malhotra's mansion. Many of them had `disappeared' leaving only 17 cars behind to be 'recovered' during the CBI raids</b>.
The obvious questions that beg to be asked are why was Malhotra not questioned and raided when the case was registered on July 24 or when the sleuths visited his Mukherjee Nagar residence on July 26? Why was the search conducted nine days after the registration of the FIR? Did the CBI sleuths leak information about the agency's plans giving Malhotra ample time to take precautionary steps? Whether the agency was under pressure to go slow against him? Whether the agency will interrogate politicians and police officials who are considered close to Malhotra? <span style='color:red'>The CBI had recovered some videocassettes from Malhotra's residence which reveal his links with several politicians and police officials.</span>Â
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Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi
Gave broker over five days to set house in order
The truth about the shady dealings of Ashok Kumar Malhotra may never see the light of the day. According to well placed sources, the CBI officials allowed Malhotra more than five days to put his house in order before laying hands on him on the night of August 1.
Sources said that a team of CBI officials had visited Malhotra's residence on July 26 to enquire about the complaint received against him.
The CBI officials also informed Malhotra that an FIR was registered against him in connection with a case of forgery, cheating and fraudulent sale of the plots meant for slum dwellers in resettlement colonies. Soon after the CBI officials left, Malhotra is reported to have told his confidants that the matter had been sorted out.
The CBI team returned only five days later allowing Malhotra time to remove many incriminating documents and also go underground. "A team of about 35 CBI officials visited his residence at 7 am on August 26. They talked to Malhotra for more than 3-4 hours and left," the sources added.
<b>According to top sources, at the time of filing of the FIR about 75 cars were parked in front of Malhotra's mansion. Many of them had `disappeared' leaving only 17 cars behind to be 'recovered' during the CBI raids</b>.
The obvious questions that beg to be asked are why was Malhotra not questioned and raided when the case was registered on July 24 or when the sleuths visited his Mukherjee Nagar residence on July 26? Why was the search conducted nine days after the registration of the FIR? Did the CBI sleuths leak information about the agency's plans giving Malhotra ample time to take precautionary steps? Whether the agency was under pressure to go slow against him? Whether the agency will interrogate politicians and police officials who are considered close to Malhotra? <span style='color:red'>The CBI had recovered some videocassettes from Malhotra's residence which reveal his links with several politicians and police officials.</span>Â
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