Shiv Babu 175 times, Mithilesh 225: CBI chief’s odd guest list lastminute™ Holidays Save An Extra £40 Off Your Holiday Use The Exclusive Code - HOLIDAY40 lastminute/Holidays Ads by Google ranjit-main Despite repeated attempts The Indian Express could not get through to anyone at the registered address of the company. Written by Appu Esthose Suresh | New Delhi | September 5, 2014 8:41 am Not just well known politicians and representatives of corporate houses under probe by CBI, owners of several lesser known entities too had easy and frequent access to agency director Ranjit Sinha’s residence, a scrutiny of visitors logbooks shows. They seem to have moved freely in and out of Sinha’s 2, Janpath home — some visiting him more than 100 times in a year and several times in a day, and some who seem to have been always accompanied by a “plus 1”. The Indian Express on Thursday reported that besides Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) officials, several other corporate representatives visited Sinha frequently. Among them were Sunil Bajaj of Essar Group and Anil Bhalla of Abhey Oswal Group, both of whom seem to have come to the house on at least 40 occasions each in the 15 months between May 2013 and August 2014. Essar is under CBI probe for its alleged role in the 2G spectrum scam. Bhalla is a close associate of company promoter Abhey Kumar Oswal. Bajaj did not respond to phone calls and text messages from The Indian Express. Bhalla’s phone was not reachable all through Thursday evening. But several not-so-recognisable names stand out in the registers. One Shiv Pal visited Sinha’s residence on 120 occasions in this period. On 25 of these occasions he has been logged as “Shiv Pal + 1”. When contacted, Pal told The Indian Express, “I know him (the CBI director) for the past 30 years. His family is very close to me. We both are from Bihar, so sometimes, when some bureaucrats or politicians visited Delhi, we used to go together.” Pal said he owned petrol pumps in Delhi. A more frequent visitor than Shiv Pal was one Shiv Babu, who made 175 visits in the period under scrutiny. Shiv Babu’s identity could not be independently verified, but among the several cars he seemed to have travelled in, the one he used the most frequently — DL 3CBL 3143 — is registered in the name of Valley Iron & Steel Co Ltd. Despite repeated attempts The Indian Express could not get through to anyone at the registered address of the company. One Mithilesh visited Sinha 225 times, and was often accompanied by a “plus 1”. When asked who Mithilesh was, Sinha described him as “a retired chief engineer and a friend”. Mithilesh himself did not respond to phone calls. There are indications that several visitors knew each other well. According to the logbook, on January 30, 2014, Shiv Babu and Mithilesh entered Sinha’s residence at 1.12 pm and 1.40 pm respectively, and were followed, at 1.45 pm, by two others, Vinay Saigal and Sandeep Saigal
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:44:19 +0000
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