Hyderabad: Explosive hints of bribe payments to top CBI functionaries like former CBI chief A.P. Singh have surfaced in an operation by the ED and I-T officials, who retrieved chat messages of some accused industrialists in Emaar and other scams. The teams broke into the Blackberry Messenger Chat data that had messages of accused meat exporter Moin Qureshi and industrialist Pradeep Koneru, among others, that showed the two frequently used abusive words against CBI’s former joint director V.V. Laxminarayana.
In the messages sent by Koneru to Qureshi, he referred to (then) CBI chief Singh as “Boss’ and Laxminarayana as “DOG”. There are several conversations regarding transfer of Laxmina-rayana in 2013 when Singh headed CBI. Mr Laxminarayana, it was alleged, had been transferred due to “pressures” — a charge denied by CBI, which clarified that his deputation had ended.
Chat records show duo used abusive words (dog) against CBI
In a message sent on April 16 in 2013 by Pradeep Koneru to Moin, the former said, “Hyd dog is coming to Delhi same flight as dad.” He further asked, “Ý do you think dog coming there if boss not in town?” There are several messages of Pradeep Koneru and Madhu Koneru, which showed they were trying to meet CBI chief AP Singh between April 21 and 24. Another message read, “Good morning sir did K speak to U regarding Madhu issue or something else?”
Yet another message on April 30 from Koneru Pradeep to Moin reads: “Sir PIL for keeping JD in Hyderabad was dismissed. So dog has to leave in June. The court said that it was not worth entertaining.”
On May 14, another message said, “Dog is expected to leave on 12th”. “Dog going off tomm. Handing over charge to Aurnachalam JD Tamilnadu as additional.” The messages revealed that Pradeep also tried to meet the then In-charge JD.
In a message in 2012, Moin Qureshi and one Rajesh Sharma interacted on the sanction of prosecution of public servants including on T. S. Narayanaswami, ex-chairman of Bank of India.
There were several exchange of messages in 2013 September between Qureshi and AP Singh. In 2013, May, several messages were exchanged between Satish Sana of VANPIC group of companies and Moin Qureshi. Vanpic of Nimmagadda Prasad was named as accused in Jagan Mohan Reddy’s quid pro quo investments case.
Satish Sana said in a message to Qureshi, “Gold stone Prasad claiming her that his friend coming from Mangalore as JD. Please chk sir. This Prasad is not a fair guy ... My Hyderabad office will send Rs 7.7lakh cash tomorrow to Delhi.”
There are several messages from Raghini Brar, daughter of AP Singh and Moin Qureshi. In a conversation related to money, she replied, “Thanks so much Moin uncle Your making so much rich.”
Conversations between Moin Qureshi and his employee Aditya revealed payments from Pradeep. “Received 1 from Pradeep” said a message on 2012 November 3. Several messages showed money receipts ranging from Rs 15 lakh to Rs 60 lakh from Pradeep and Satish.
ED said the BBMN messages and intercepts showed that top government functionaries like AP Singh were in touch with Qureshi.
