New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) has recommended blacklisting two Indian and four foreign
defence firms for their alleged involvement in a multi-crore rupee
Ordnance Factory Board corruption scam that surfaced last year.
In its letter to the defence ministry, the CBI has named six
firms that allegedly conspired with then chairman of the Ordnance
Factory Board Sudipta Ghosh to receive favours in orders given to
private companies, a source said.
The firms named are: Singapore Technologies
Kinetics, Israel Military Industries Ltd,
Switzerland-based Rheinmetall Air Defence and a company identified
by the source as Russia’s Cooperation Defence.
The source said the two Indian firms are T.S. Kisan and Co. New
Delhi and R.K. Machines Tools Ltd. of Ludhiana.
The letter sent last week is advisory and it is up to the
ministry to take action on it.
On June 30, the CBI filed a chargesheet in a Kolkata court
naming two Indian firms and 12 people, including Gosh, for the
alleged criminal conspiracy and corruption.
Ghosh was arrested last year for demanding and obtaining huge
illegal gratification.
A special CBI judge has sent a letter rogatory to Singapore for
investigating the matter.
The agency had was registered a case in the matter May 17, 2009
under the Prevention of the Corruption Act against Ghosh and
others.
It was alleged that Ghosh had also demanded bribes to transfer
and post some ordnance factories officers.
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