02-02-2009, 07:16 AM
â30-villaâ Raju dethrones Nizam
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B. Ramalinga Raju has houses â 30 of them villas â spread over 62 countries, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the revenue intelligence directorate have claimed after examining documents found by the Andhra CID.
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The fallen IT czar donated around Rs 340 crore worth of gold to temples in Andhra over the past 10 years.
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Raju appears not only to have gifted gold but also wore a lot of it: his personal jewellery, which includes rings, bracelets, chains, diamond-studded watches and other items, is worth about Rs 75 lakh, ED officials have said.
The investigators have claimed that the former Satyam chief had a Swiss telescope that costs Rs 1.12 crore. âI love star gazing,â
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Other disclosures covered Rajuâs wardrobe: 625 pairs of suits, many of them kept in the closets of his foreign villas, 321 pairs of shoes and 310 belts, according to the investigators.
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âAt least 75 to 110 clients are suspected to be fictitious, having made average payments of up to $5 million over the past eight years,â an ED official said, adding that a specific number of such clients was not mentioned.
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B. Ramalinga Raju has houses â 30 of them villas â spread over 62 countries, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the revenue intelligence directorate have claimed after examining documents found by the Andhra CID.
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The fallen IT czar donated around Rs 340 crore worth of gold to temples in Andhra over the past 10 years.
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Raju appears not only to have gifted gold but also wore a lot of it: his personal jewellery, which includes rings, bracelets, chains, diamond-studded watches and other items, is worth about Rs 75 lakh, ED officials have said.
The investigators have claimed that the former Satyam chief had a Swiss telescope that costs Rs 1.12 crore. âI love star gazing,â
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Other disclosures covered Rajuâs wardrobe: 625 pairs of suits, many of them kept in the closets of his foreign villas, 321 pairs of shoes and 310 belts, according to the investigators.
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âAt least 75 to 110 clients are suspected to be fictitious, having made average payments of up to $5 million over the past eight years,â an ED official said, adding that a specific number of such clients was not mentioned.
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