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Kingpin of Bihar flood relief scam surrenders

     Patna: The alleged kingpin of the multi-crore flood relief scandal in Bihar Santosh Kumar Jha today surrendered before the civil courts in the city. His surrender follows non-bailable warrants (NBW) issued against him, former Patna District Magistrate Gautam Goswami and seven others by special vigilance judge Jitendra Mohan Sharma. Five persons have already been arrested on Saturday and sent to judicial custody. Jha, who is the propriter of Baba Satya Sai Industries, is alleged to have swindled crores of rupees mean for flood relief during 2004 in connivance with former Patna District Magistrate Gautam Goswami. The court also ordered that Goswami's house be searched and his passport impounded in connection with the scandal. The Bihar Police, meanwhile announced a reward for information leading to the arrest of Goswami, who quit IAS and later joined the Sahara Group in Lucknow. The FIR lodged under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code charges Goswami and others with fraud, forgery, siphoning of government funds by entering into criminal conspiracy with the owners of some fake firms.

Suspended DIG arrested for links with jail inmates (Go To Top)

     Lucknow: Amidst allegations of maintaining relations with jail inmates, the Uttar Pradesh's suspended DIG (Prisons), Sheshmani was finally arrested by the police after a voice-modulation-test. In his reaction over the charges made against him, Tripathi blamed his jail officials of being guilty and taking revenge from him. For the test, the help of one of DIG's relative was taken. He said that it was police that was actually responsible for providing mobile phone to the inmates. "Most of the inmates use mobile phones when they are taken out of the jail for some purpose. On their way, they just stop and talk from a PCO and have snacks," Tripathi informed media. The local administration has expressed grave over allegations of such nature against a senior jail official.

In-house inquiry into Gohar Ayub Khan's 'revelations' (Go To Top)

     New Delhi: Indian army would conduct an in-house enquiry into former Pakistan Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan's charges that his father had procured the 1965 war secrets from an Indian brigadier for certain consideration. Gohar Ayub Khan, son of former Pakistan President Ayub Khan, said in an interview to the Pakistani newspaper, The News, on Monday that Pakistani agents had bought the Indian military plan for 20,000 rupees from the officer, who needed money to buy equipment for his wife to fulfill her hobby. Army Chief General J. J. Singh told reporters in New Delhi that an in-house investigation is being conducted to find the veracity of the 'revelations'. "The government has already directed investigations into the matter and army would also conduct an in-house enquiry for authenticity or truth in this particular allegations. It is not correct to jump to conclusions or to speculate on a matter like this," said General Singh.

     Gohar Ayub Khan said he would reveal the name of the officer, who is still alive, at the time of the release the compliation based on his father, ex-Presidnet General Auyb Khan's numerous personal diaries. "I am afraid it is difficult to believe that an Indian Brigadier would divulge military secrets for money," Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters after dedicating INS Kadamba naval base in Karwar on Tuesday (May 31). "The way the news item has come up will require detailed analysis," added Mukherjee. Defence experts do not rule out that Pakistan military might have put together some Indian defence military plan, but trashed Khan's claim as a ploy to get some pre-release publicity for his book. "If Pakistan had access to secret plans, as Gohar Ayub Khan claims, where was the success that it had achieved on the ground," said a former war veteran. Meanwhile, former chief of Pakistan Army General Mirza Aslam Baig denied that his army had any such plans in its possession. Talking to an private Indian new channel, Gen. Baig cast doubts about the revelation and said "twenty thousand is too small an amount for a plan of such nature".

Military Intelligence ex-Director denies Gohar's theory (Go To Top)
by Sunil Sharma

     Chandigarh: Major General (Retd) Narinder Singh, the Director of Military Operations during the 1965 Indo-Pak war today ruled out the possibility of any leakage in the operational plans during the war. Maj. General (Retd) Singh, who was a brigadier during the war said that all talks of military secrets-for-money as revealed by former Pakistan Foreign Minister Gohar Ayub Khan, were untrue. "No leakage took place of the 1965 war plans. I feel that Gohar wants his book to be sold like hot cakes," said Maj. Gen. Narinder Singh pleading that he was innocent. He admitted that the war plans were in his "custody" and it was known only to the then Chief of Army Staff General Chaudhary and even the Vice Chief of Army Staff had no knowledge about it. "I bluntly told him (Vice Chief) that I got strict orders from the Chief not to show this plan to anyone," said Maj. Gen. Singh. Gohar Ayub Khan, son of former Pakistan President Ayub Khan, said Pakistani agents had bought the Indian military plan for 20,000 rupees from the officer, who needed money to buy equipment for his wife to fulfil her hobby. But Maj. Gen. Singh agreed that there was a leak of information on movement of troops from north east to western front in 1965, but there was no link between this leak and the one revealed by Gohar Ayub Khan. "It was the move of that division, which was leaked to some officer's wife," he said adding that it was unintentional.

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