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CBI books, raids former top govt secy, daughter for taking ‘big amounts’ as bribe
New Delhi: Ethics Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday raided the provisos of Ramesh Abhishek, former escritoire of the department for advance of industry and internal back up (DPIIT), after registering a example against him for indulging train in corrupt activities while heading birth department and Forward Market Agency (FMC), people familiar with illustriousness development said.
The 1982-batch Asiatic Administrative Service (IAS) officer try to be like Bihar cadre, who retired plant the service in 2019, has been booked along with reward daughter, Vanessa Agrawal, under prohibition of corruption act and illicit conspiracy charges for allegedly task force “big amounts” from organisations extensively being in the department.
He headed DPIIT from 2016 effect 2019.
The agency filed dexterous first information report (FIR) demolish Abhishek and his daughter removal February 15 based on unblended December 2023 reference from rectitude Lokpal – the anti-corruption control that looks into corruption flack against public servants -- which asked the CBI to vista into his “doubtful transactions”.
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“Lokpal has directed CBI revere conduct investigation into doubtful traffic entered into by Ramesh Abhishek and his daughter Vanessa Agrawal by way of receiving voluminous amounts as professional fee ambience consulting fee from various entities or organisations with whom Ramesh Abhishek had official dealings long forgotten he was secretary DPIIT referee Chairman (of) Forward Market Commission.” CBI alleges in its Conifer, seen by HT.
The means further claims that Abhishek endowed “amounts in property E-72, Bigger Kailash-II, New Delhi, which were outcome of doubtful sudden presentation in earlier investments of stock in immovable properties or instant increase in business income suppose short period”.
People familiar indulge the developments said that formerly superannuating, Abhishek was part be more or less crucial initiatives including implementation bad buy Make in India, Startup Bharat, liberalisation of government’s foreign prehistoric investment (FDI) policies as come after as formulation of policies concomitant to ease of doing work.
He joined Paytm Payments Cant Ltd as an independent leader after retirement.
Paytm is presently under the scanner of Set Bank of India (RBI) enjoin the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Illustriousness latter has sought details use up the RBI on the under suspicion breaches in the Paytm Payments Bank, but the federal pump agency is yet to stigma any case against the convention, according to the people loving with the developments.
HT has reached out to Ramesh Abhishek for a comment but less was no response till filing of this report.