10-10-2006, 08:34 PM
<b>Barak deal: Fernandes, Jaya named in CBI FIR on defence payoffs</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->
In a significant development in the Tehelka expose on defence scams, the CBI has registered an FIR against former defence minister George Fernandes, his associate Jaya Jaitley, accused of receiving a bribe of Rs 2 crore, and former navy chief Admiral Sushil Kumar for alleged irregularities in purchasing the Barak missile system from Israel in 2000.
The FIR filed in a designated court yesterday alleged that a sum of Rs two crore was paid to Jaitley, who acted as an "agent" to clinch the Rs 1,150-crore deal to buy seven Barak anti-missile defence systems from state-run Israel Aircraft Industries. Jaitley was then president of Fernandes' Samata Party.
RK Jain, who was then treasurer of the Samata Party and was also named in the FIR, received a bribe of several lakhs, the CBI alleged
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In a significant development in the Tehelka expose on defence scams, the CBI has registered an FIR against former defence minister George Fernandes, his associate Jaya Jaitley, accused of receiving a bribe of Rs 2 crore, and former navy chief Admiral Sushil Kumar for alleged irregularities in purchasing the Barak missile system from Israel in 2000.
The FIR filed in a designated court yesterday alleged that a sum of Rs two crore was paid to Jaitley, who acted as an "agent" to clinch the Rs 1,150-crore deal to buy seven Barak anti-missile defence systems from state-run Israel Aircraft Industries. Jaitley was then president of Fernandes' Samata Party.
RK Jain, who was then treasurer of the Samata Party and was also named in the FIR, received a bribe of several lakhs, the CBI alleged
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