Hyderabad, October 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is heading abroad in its search for evidence of fund diversion at Satyam Computer by then- chairman B Ramalinga Raju.
The agency is dispatching teams to the US, UK, Mauritius, Singapore, Belgium and British Virgin Islands, to record the statements of witnesses in the know of Raju’s fund trail. It has already written letters to these countries and the institutions allegedly holding the accounts of Raju.
“We are forming special teams to travel to these countries to record the statements of the witnesses. We are waiting for the response to our letters. In any case, the witness examination in these countries should be over by this month end,” a senior CBI official told.
The CBI would file an additional chargesheet after recording the statements of witnesses in the six countries. “We will file the additional charge sheet shortly,” said Laxminarayana, the CBI chief in Hyderabad, without specifying the time frame. The CBI is also looking at the reports submitted by other bodies, including the Icai, Sebi, Enforcement Directorate and the SFIO.
“The preliminary report of Icai provided enough information on the role of the auditors. The ED has in its possession, evidence on certain properties of the Raju family. Interestingly, there are also certain benami property holdings. The CBI is taking these evidences into account for proceeding further on the fund diversion,” another source said.
The ED has attached about 280 properties of Raju and his immediate family members under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The value of the properties is estimated to be over Rs 1,200 crore.
The ED is currently looking at the links between over 300 private entities of the Raju family and the properties that have been attached.
-Agencies