Sunday, July 28, 2013

Re: [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra Subramanian Duella

It is not relevant whether he or other members of his family own  helicopters. The question here is,  do they own a business that operates helicopter taxi service. My contact tells me that the named Company is a shell company with Vadhera not being its  director. But more importantly, the whole operation is done by the Air Force itself with their own fleet of helicopter. So where is the question of Vedhera running a parallel taxi service for the fare paying stranded Yatris. 

From: vasant sardesai <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>
To: "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net" <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>; devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
Cc: "kumar_8134@yahoo.com" <kumar_8134@yahoo.com>; shadikatyalsearch <shadikatyall@yahoo.com>; VinodKumar <kv08535@yahoo.com>; SatbirSingh <ssbedi1945@yahoo.com>; Sanjeev Kulkarni( ReformIndia) <jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, 28 July 2013, 9:06
Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra Subramanian Duella

I know the provisions or presumptions of law. But in this case Kumarji on the basis of some reports claims that the great son-in-law owns oris apartner in a helocopter and you are asserting that he is not; hence it is for you to proveyour contention since uor forum is not  court to give evidenceor proofs for every assertions made andit is sufficient that one has bonafide made assertion on the basis of some genuine report.

V.S.Sardesai 
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On Sat, 27/7/13, devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com <devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra Subramanian Duella
To: "vasant sardesai" <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>, "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net" <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
Cc: "kumar_8134@yahoo.com" <kumar_8134@yahoo.com>, "shadikatyalsearch" <shadikatyall@yahoo.com>, "VinodKumar" <kv08535@yahoo.com>, "SatbirSingh" <ssbedi1945@yahoo.com>, "Sanjeev Kulkarni( ReformIndia)" <jeevkulkarni@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, 27 July, 2013, 9:40 PM

Vasant
Ji,  I am sure you already know that in law the onus of
prove rests with the one who pleads positive and not the one
who pleads negative as the negative is considered incapable
of proof.
 So the
burden of proof should fall on the one who claims that
Vedhera owns and runs a Helicopter air taxi service. I
am not only denying any knowledge of the fact but also the
existence of any evidence. So the evidence to prove it will
have to come as usual from Kumar Ji, in the absence of which
it will be considered an unsubstantiated charge.. 
Regards Devinder
 

      From: vasant sardesai
<vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>
  To:
"indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
<indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>;
devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
Cc:
"kumar_8134@yahoo.com"
<kumar_8134@yahoo.com>
  Sent:
Saturday, 27 July 2013, 16:55
  Subject: Re:
[IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra
Subramanian Duella

   
I think it is for you to disprove, if you want ot contradict
it, what he has asserted.

V.S.Sardesai

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On Fri, 26/7/13, devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
<devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com>
wrote:

  Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians -
Chitra Subramanian Duella
  To: "vasant sardesai" <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>,
"indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
<indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
  Cc: "kumar_8134@yahoo.com"
<kumar_8134@yahoo.com>
  Date: Friday, 26 July, 2013, 9:08 PM
 
  I have no
  basis to contradict him. He has to prove that his
  information is correct. Devinder
 
       From: vasant sardesai
  <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>
  To:
  "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
  <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>;
  devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com

  Cc:
  kumar_8134@yahoo.com

  Sent: Friday,
  26 July 2013, 15:51
  Subject: Re:
  [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra
  Subramanian Duella
   
  I think S. Kumar has giventhe name of the company where
  Vadhera is the director. On what basis you are
contradicting
  him?
 
  V. S. Sardesai
  --------------------------------------------
  On Fri, 26/7/13, devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
  <devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com>
  wrote:
 
  Subject:
 
  Re: [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra
  Subramanian Duella
  To: "vasant sardesai" <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>,
  "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
  <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
  Date: Friday, 26 July, 2013, 2:51 PM
 
  Frankly,
  It tentamounts to "call a dog all sorts of bad
names
  and fire"  I have no
  objection if anyone
  wants to call Vadhera as the root cause of all
  India's ills including the recent floods in
  Uttrakhand . As
  far as aviation and the named company, it does
not
  deal
 
  with helicopter air taxi business.
  .Moreover,  it
  does not have any one
  known as Vadhera as its director.
   In the company law, a company must have an
Article
  of
  Association, the name of the directors and its
  business
  activities. It also must file an annual return in
the
  company's
  house.  Where
  does the question  benami activities come into
it.??
  Devinder 
   
         From: vasant sardesai
  <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>
    To:
  "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
  <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>;
  devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
 
    Sent: Friday,
  26 July 2013, 9:04
    Subject: Re:
  [IAC#RG] FW:
    UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra Subramanian
  Duella
     
  What a sane answer? What about in benami name?
 
  V.S. Sardesai
  --------------------------------------------
  On Fri, 26/7/13, devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
  <devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com>
  wrote:
 
    Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] FW: UPA
  exposed to average
  Indians -
  Chitra Subramanian Duella
    To: "vasant sardesai" <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>,
  "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
  <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
    Date: Friday, 26 July, 2013, 11:04 AM
   
    Your
    question is best addressed to those who allege that
  Vadhera
    helicopters flew  as air taxis over Uttrakhand
  during
    the period of emergency. My source in India tells
me
  that
    there was no air charter company registered in
  the
  name
    of Vadhera or his family. 
  Devinderr
   
         From: vasant sardesai
    <vasant_sardesai@yahoo.co.in>
    To:
    "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
    <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>;
    devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
 
    Sent: Friday,
    26 July 2013, 6:24
    Subject: Re:
    [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians -
Chitra
    Subramanian Duella
     
    What is the source of your ascertaining?
   
 
    V. S. Sardesai
    --------------------------------------------
    On Wed, 24/7/13, devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com
    <devinder.thakur@btopenworld.com>
    wrote:
   
    Subject: Re: [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to
average
  Indians -
    Chitra Subramanian Duella
    To: "indiaresists@lists.riseup.net"
    <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>
    Date: Wednesday, 24 July, 2013, 10:39 PM
   
    As far
  as
    one can ascertain Vadhera does not own any
  helicopters and
    as far as one can ascertain, no private
helicopter
  was
    allowed to operate any kind of taxi service.
It as
  all
    relief work under by and under the control of
the
    airforce. A
    manufactured news which has been attributed
to
  one
  Vadhera
    for political propaganda purposes.
    Devinder
     
           From: Vijoy Ambasta
    <vijoy.ambasta@gmail.com>
      To:
    indiaresists@lists.riseup.net
   
      Sent:
   
  Wednesday, 24 July 2013, 5:34
      Subject: Re:
    [IAC#RG] FW: UPA exposed to average Indians -
  Chitra
    Subramanian Duella
       
    It is important hat
    such news if true, must be widely
circulated.the
  truth
    needs
    to be ascertained through RTI to verify the
  authenticity
    of
    the news.
   
   
    On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Kumar
  Arun <kumar2786@hotmail.com>
    wrote:
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
   
      
   
   
        
          
          
     
        
   
   
     (Reaching Citizens of India for RTI
approach
    through you, please do forward)
   
    Date:
    Thu, 18 Jul 2013 00:01:19 -0700
    From: kumar_8134@yahoo.com
 
   
    Subject: Re: {satyapravah} UPA exposed to
average
  Indians
    -
    Chitra Subramanian Duella
   
 
    Regarding Kedarnath
    floods:
     It as reported that the Helicopters
    lent by Robert Vadra's Co. charged Rs.2
lakh
  per
    person
    brought out of the Valley and dropped on an
  accessible
    road/
    location, WHILE TO BRING A DEAD BODY/CORPSE,
VADRA
    HAD
    CHARGED RS. 1LAKH PER DEAD BODY.
     WOULD SOME ONE ASK UNDER RTI, THE
    UTTARAKHAND GOVT. WHETHER THESE ARE TRUE, AND
ASK
  FOR
    DETAILS OF AMOUNTS PAID FOR PRIVATE
HELICOPTERS
  USED
  FOR
    EVACUATION?
     AND WHY THE OFFER OF NARENDRA MODY TO
    SEND HELICOPTERS FREE OF CHARGE FOR EVACUATION
OF
    THE
    STRANDED WAS
      REFUSED?
        
   
   
     From: bhagwat goel
    <bhagwatgoel2000@yahoo.co.in>
   
      Sent:
    Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:17 AM
      Subject: Re:
    {satyapravah}
      UPA exposed to average Indians - Chitra
  Subramanian
    Duella
       
    I would written to PRIME
    MINISTER VAJPAYEE reminding him THAT WE
ELECTED HIM
  NOT
    BRAJESH MISHRA.I
    kept my fight with him even after his
    leaving office bitterly after I realized the
full
  import
    of
    misdeeds.
     Bhagwat
    Goel
   
            
   
    From: Kumar Arun <kumar2786@hotmail.com>
      Sent:
    Wednesday, 17 July 2013 8:44 PM
   
      Subject:
    {satyapravah} UPA exposed to average
    Indians - Chitra
    Subramanian Duella
       
   
   
   
   
    Only brain washed & paid
    spokesperson of UPA, are trying to take on
Modi
  under
  the
    vail of secularism. India's most
politicians
  whose
    only
    mission have been stacking the corrupt wealth
from
  the
    power
    and influence they carry, never liked even the
idea
  of
    Hindu
   
    India dreaming towards 'Hindu Rashtra'.
Modi
   
  becoming popular among Hindu India brings
  unreasonable
    fears
    in all most all the corrupt politician
including
  the
  one
    who
   
  have been serving the party like BJP, Shiv Sena, and
    several
    other small allies of BJP. 
   
    In stead of talking about how the government
of
    today, will serve it's people in
distress,
  whether the
    suffering continues in the valley of Kedarnath
or
  innocent
    children dying by consuming meals prepared by
the
  school
    in
    Bihar, the media is focussing it's
discussion
  to
    divide the nation
    further in the name of Modi.
   
    That is why, I have requested people of India
to
    drop the channels like NDTV,

      IBN, etc, from their subscription of cable
  TV.
    Unfortunately, these channels are surviving
and
  their
  talk
    show
    host is collecting a fat check as renumeration
    because
    Indians are feeding their hard earned money
to
  them.
    It's
  about time to boycott any channel and print
  media
    who feed the non-sense ideas in the innocent
minds
  of
    Indian
    nationals. 
   
    One thing is very important for all the
    pseudo-secular must realize that India has
been
  SECULAR
    since it's inception, even by the words
of
    constitution
    and by its action. The slogan of secularism
which
  has
  been
    completely demoralizing from the leaders like
   
  Nehru-Indira-Raji and now by Sonia-Rahul Gandhi and
  many
    undeserving political giants out side the
congress,
  is an
    utter disgrace for Bharat-Mata.
   
    Dr. Kumar
    Arun
   
   
      
           From: S kumar <kumar_8134@yahoo.com>
   
 
      Sent:
    Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 20:30
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
   
   
      
          
          
           1. Chitra's
    revelations are startling and stunning that it
was
  Brajesh
    Mishra who was running the Govt. and LKA and
ABV
  were
  just
    puppets obeying what he said in any matter.
Read
  what
  she
    says:
   
   
   
   
    .....It is because of who Q was that
    George Fernandes, India's
    Minister of Defence during the NDA regime,
told me
  that
    he had been told by National Security
  Adviser
    Brajesh
    Mishra "not to
    touch the Bofors file" – because of
  instructions
  from
    former Prime Minister
   
 
    Atal Behari Vajpayee and deputy Prime Minister LK
    Advani. It is no secret that Vaypayee and
Advani
    were very accommodating about Q and his
friends in
  New
    Delhi. How else can one
    explain why the NDA government, in power from
1998
  to
    2004,
    couldn't arrest Q?
   
    It was on the Q factor that every
    ambassador in Switzerland, Sweden and Italy
was
  evaluated
    for their
    performance. One permanent representative to
the
  United
    Nations in Geneva,
    Switzerland (PR) who was in weekly contact
with
  Brajesh
    Mishra, lied to the
    Swiss about his interest in following the
Bofors
  case. The
    official
  contact
    between India and
  Switzerland is through Bern, the
    Swiss
    capital. He had no
    business interfering in bilateral matters
between
  two
    states. It is because of
    Q that none of this is in the public
    domain......... 
    2. It is clear from the above that
    LKA was in complete collusion with
    Sonia Gandhi, bowing
    almost to her feet while meeting her or
calling her
    Soniaji,
    and until the Goa meet, BJP was run as a
Congress
  support
    Party under Sonia's directions.
     LKA had apparently assured Sonia of
    a third term for UPA by ensuring
continuance
  of
  his
    leadership of BJP. LKA tried his best to
prevent
  Narendra
    Mody's rise to Central role, first by
  faking
  diarrhoea
    and unable to travel (which he did to Jaipur
the
 
  next
    day),
    then trying his best to deter Mody from being
made
  the
    chief
    for the Elections in BJP strongly
    supporting two
    Committees
    one headed by him for State Elections and the
    Parliamentary
    Election Committee to be decided later.
     3. A strong Rajnath SIngh defied the
    opposition from Ananth Kumar and mild
resistance
  from
    Sushmaji and other seniors at Goa, and
announced
  Narendra
    Mody as the Poll Panel Chief, that led to the
drama
  of LKA
    resigning from the
    Parliamentary Committee and the leaders
    q-ing to make him withdraw but Rajnath
ignoring him
 
  and
    going to a Jaipur session.
     LKA had to swallow his own spit by a
    shameless approach to RSS Chief, whom he had
  earlier
    described as a non-entity so far as BJP was
  concerned
  as a
    Political Party. A
      compromise was reached and LKA was asked to
  withdraw
    his
    papers. 
    4.
      Congress has been too unhappy with the
    developments
    and
    LKA's failure to contain Narendra Mody,
and
  hence
    LKA's visit to Nagpur to meet RSS Bhagwat
  followed by
    Rajnath Singh to Nagpur and the parleys led
to
  mellowing
    down of the decision by a statement issued
that all
    decision
    of the Poll Panel would be taken by Rajnath
SIngh

  and
  Mody
    jointly and not by Mody alone.
     5. It was Brajesh Mishra, the CIA
    mole in PM's office, who got Rahul
Gandhi(Raol
  Vinci)
    and his Colombian girl friend
    released
      from Logan Airport, where they were arrested
  by FBI
    for
    carrying millions
  of US$ cash without declaration.
  On
    Sonia's approach to ABV through Brajesh,
ABV
  agreed
    instructing the Indian Ambassador in US to get
Raol
  Vinci
    released who was flown back with another
Passport
  in
  the
    name Rahul Gandhi issued by the Embassy in
   
    haste.
     SHOULD NOT ABV BE TRIED FOR TREASON
    OF THE PARTY BY WORKING AGAINST THE INTERESTS
OF
  THE
  PARTY
 
    AND COUNTRY BY THESE DEEDS ESP. SAVING Q FROM
      PROSECUTION? 
    RAM JETHMALANI RIGHLY OBERSEVED IN
    AAP KI ADALAT OF INDIATV, THAT IT WAS LKA WHO
  DESTROYED
    THE
    PROSPECTS OF BJP IN KARNATAKA BY ACTING
AGAINST
  YEDDY
  WITH
    THE SOLE INTENTION OF MAKING ANANTHKUMAR THE
CM,
  RISKING
    THE
    STATE AND LOSING IT TO CONGRESS- WAS IT A
  DELIBERATE
    ACTION
    TO PLEASE SONIA?
   
 
   
   
       
     
        From: S. Kalyanaraman
    <kalyan97@gmail.com>
      Sent:
    Tuesday, July 16, 2013 4:32 PM
   
      Subject: The
 
    Quattrocchi gravy train - Chitra Subramanian Duella
     
     
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
     
   
   
   
        
          
          
           http://bharatkalyan97.blogspot.in/2013/07/the-quattrocchi-gravy-train-chitra.html
   
   
   
   
   
    JUL16
   
   
    The
    Quattrocchi
  gravy train - Chitra Subramanian
    Duella 
   
   
   
   
    THE QUATTROCCHI GRAVY TRAINChitra is a Hindi,
Urdu,
    French,
    Bengali and a little Italian speaking Tam
married
  to
  an
    Italian. She writes, is a newshog, and manages
a
    company
    in
    Switzerland. Oh! She was also instrumental in
    investigating
    the Bofors story in 1987.
   
   
   
   
    POSTED BY CHITRA
    SUBRAMANIAM DUELLA | 36 MINS AGO
    IN GOVERNANCE JULY
    16, 2013 4:25 PM| 1
    COMMENT
   
   
   
 
   
   
   
    Italian
  accountant Ottavio Quattrocchi who was
    paid a bribe of $7.2 million in the 1986
  Bofors-India
  gun
    deal passed away last weekend. He was no
ordinary
    commission
    agent operating in India. He was a gravy
train
  close
  to
    the
    Gandhi family. It was common knowledge in New
Delhi
  from
    the
    70s that anyone who was invited to the
Quattrocchi
  home
    had
    to wade through strategically placed photos of
the
  Gandhi
    family. If there was a major negotiation, Q
was
 
    the signore in
    the know.
   
   
    Every Indian politician and political wannabe
    who met me to "discuss" Bofors (1989 to
2013)
  cursed Q
    behind his back and
  shuddered
    in his presence. Those who did
    not shiver like a
  leaf when his name was mentioned
  claimed
    they were using the Q-stick to keep Sonia
Gandhi
  out
  of
    power after her husband and former Prime
Minister
  Rajiv
    Gandhi was killed.  So, everybody was in
the Q
  game
    for
    a personal interest camouflaged as national
  interest.
    Everyone thought my political encounter with
the
  movers
    and
    shakers of India was because of Bofors.
   
   
    Bofors was not about Q or R.  Bofors was
    about the self-respect of a nation. It was
about
    institutions in a democracy, the world's
largest.
  It was
    about Indians
    defending India
  in extreme weather
    conditions
    while India slept.
   
   
    The story is simple. India bought field
    howitzers from Sweden in 1986 for $1.2
billion
 
  dollars.
    The
    guns were state of the art, the price
competitive.
  An
    additional contract ensured that we would
  manufacture
  the
    guns
    indigenously. Q (as leaked Bofors documents
showed)
    walked into the deal at the 11th hour,
    asked for a 3% commission payable only when
the
  deal
  was
    concluded by a date announced by him through
his
  front
    company A.E. Services. He walked away a happy
man,
  almost.
    So why would a Swedish armaments company pay
an
  Italian in
    India working
  for Snamprogetti, an engineering arm
  of
  the
    Italian oil and gas firm Eni, for field
    howitzers?
   
   
    This is what Amitabha Pande (former
    joint
    secretary in-charge of the Bofors contract)
posted
  on
    Facebook after Q transited.
   
   
   
 
   
    Q, like Warren Anderson of Union Carbide, was
    allowed to bolt out of India. It was after I
had
  filed my
    report linking him directly to the Bofors
payments
  with
    evidence from Switzerland and Sweden and
before the
  story
    appeared in print. Q had fled from a major
Indian
  airport
    because Indians allowed Q to bolt,
    knowing well that he had
 
    cheated Indians. It was in a manner similar to how
  India
    had
    allowed Anderson safe passage, knowing well
that he
  had
    blood on his hands after the Bhopal gas
    tragedy.
   
   
    Packing the punch of Berlusconi and Raja math
    (in 21st century
    Italian and Indian political lingo), Q turned
  entire
    generations of
    Indian politicians and bureaucrats and
    expert
    lawyers and
  political commentators into doormats. He
  was
    the
    parrot-green elephant with a yellow trunk and
bells
  on his
    two hind-feet in a pink room. Andy Warhol at
the
    Thyagaraja
    music festival in Tanjore (Tamil Nadu)
singing
  Yantaro
    Mahanubhava, if
  that helps.
   
   
    In addition to making a lot of money talking
and
    arguing about him, people individually became
prime
    ministers, governors, ambassadors and
collectively
  let
    Indian down as they pretended to chase the
  Sicily-born Q
    from port to port.  Q
    laughed all the way to the bank,
    something he had been doing in India for a
long
    time.
   
   
    Bribes to Q explain why when Swedish state
radio
    reported on July 16, 1986 that Bofors had
bribed
  Indians
    and
   
   
  others to take clinch the arms deal, then Prime
Minister
    Rajiv Gandhi informed the Lok Sabha at the
first
    opportunity
    that neither he, nor his family
  nor his friends had
    anything
    to do with the deal.
   
   
    It is because of who Q was that India has
    dithered on Bofors for 27 years.
   
    It is because of Q's importance that in
2009
    Indian law minister Hansraj Bharadwaj
unblocked
  Q's
    accounts in London so that he could retrieve
his
  bribe –
    the tax on which was paid by the Indian
    taxpayer.
   
   
    It is because of who Q was that the Bofors
case
    was closed in 2011 for want of evidence. It
is
  because of
    who Q was that Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister
of
  the
    world's
    largest democracy said India should apologise
to
 
    him for hounding an innocent man. A
  few
    months later the
    income-tax department sent him a bill for the
    bribes.
   
   
    It is because of who Q was that George
    Fernandes, India's Minister of Defence
during the
  NDA
    regime, told me that he had been told by
National
  Security
    Adviser Brajesh Mishra "not to touch the
Bofors
  file"
    – because of instructions from former Prime
  Minister
    Atal
    Behari Vajpayee and deputy Prime Minister LK
  Advani.
  It is
    no secret that Vaypayee and Advani were very
  accommodating
    about Q and his friends in New Delhi. How else
can
  one
    explain why the NDA government, in power from
1998
  to
    2004,
    couldn't arrest Q?
 
   
   
    It is because of who Q was that every
    institution in India
  from the parliament to the
  judiciary
    to
    the executive was tarred with the same brush.
   
   
   
    It was because of who Q was that every
    head of
    India's premier investigating agency, the
Central
  Bureau
    of Investigation (CBI) developed half a spine
after
    retirement.
   
   
    It was because of Q that the CBI sleuths
during
    their several trips to Sweden to get at the
truth
  did
  not
    meet key Swedish investigators. .
   
   
    It was on the Q factor that every ambassador
in
    Switzerland, Sweden and Italy was evaluated
  for
  their
    performance. One permanent representative to
the
  United
    Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (PR) who was
in
  weekly
    contact with Brajesh Mishra, lied to the
Swiss
  about
  his
    interest in
  following the Bofors case. The official
    contact
    between India and Switzerland is through Bern,
the
  Swiss
    capital. He had no business interfering in
    bilateral
    matters
    between two states. It is because of Q that
none of
  this
    is
    in the public domain.
   
   
    1997. Such
    was the detail of the money trail in the
350-odd
    leaked
    documents that the world's best lawyers in
the
  world's
    toughest
  courts could not save the guilty among
  whom
  was
    Q.
    Such was the enormity and grandeur of the
judgment
  in
    favour
    of India that Switzerland modified its laws
for
  mutual
    assistance in criminal matters to third
countries.
  Calling
    the decision "spectacular" as it had
helped
  them
  plug
    holes in their own
  system, Swiss officials and
  lawmakers
    welcomed the Bofors-India ruling as proof
that
  their
    country
    was not a haven for tainted money. Criminals
could
  no
    longer
    delay or deny access to secret bank accounts.
They
  could
   
    appeal only once at the federal level instead of
  numerous
    cantonal procedures and delays. The Marcos
case

  from
  the
    Philippines and the
      Bofors case from India had rocked
Switzerland
  in
  the
    80s.
    The Marcos money was held under false names
and
  codes
  and
    getting to the exact bank account numbers was
not
    easy. Q
    was not bothered with such details – he was
a
  blink
  away
    from the money. He knew he could buck India.
   
   
    So in 1997, when I stood next to the Indian
    ambassador to Switzerland, KP
 
  Balakrishnan, (image
    given below) I had a pretty good idea
about
  what
    was in the sealed box of secret documents
from
  Swiss
  banks
    to India. Over 10 years of my life
(1986-1997)
  running
    between Switzerland
  and Sweden investigating the
  case, six
    of which was sitting outside courts in
various
    parts of
    Switzerland finally had a meaning.
   
   
   
   
   
    Neither the Swiss courts nor the Swedish
    investigators cared who Q was. For them, he
was the
    political payment, the entity that comes in
when
  all
  the
    numbers are on the table and walks away with
a
  portion of
    the loot without any questions. For them, he
was
  involved
    in
    a major criminal act against the government
of
    India.
   
   
   
   
  July
    13, 2013. The phone rang off the hook.
Somebody
  called Q
    had died, so could they
  get a byte? It was not an
    important
    story, they all said, since it was breaking on
a
  weekend
    and
    the editors and anchors were away. So, who
wanted
  to
  speak
    to me? A junior anchor, one of them said. Like
a
  junior
    engineer in Bhopal, I thought.
   
   
   
    One television channel wanted to record my
    reaction before Q's death was confirmed.
Upon
  prodding,
    one of them was honest enough to say they had
no
  idea
  why
    they were calling me except that there was
this
  database
    on
    Bofors with my number. Another said they
would
  connect
    with
    me live at 1 am India time without disclosing
my
    location.
   
 
   
    To all those who
  want to save India from
    corruption, I ask – my number is on a data
base,
  but
    where
    are the documents India received in a sealed
box
  from
    Switzerland?.
   
   
    RIP Q. You knew what
    you were doing.  And
    you did it without fear and with favour.
   
    You can watch Chitra Subramaniam Duella's
    interview on why India still doesn't know
the
  truth
    about
    Bofors.http://www.newslaundry.com/2012/05/chitra-the-story-behind-bofors/
   
   
   
   
   
    Anil
   
  Kumar • 4
    minutes ago
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
    Salutes to Chitra
 
    ji....Indian journalism misses you dear
Chitra
    ji  http://www.newslaundry.com/2013/07/the-quattrocchi-gravy-train/
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
               

              
         
   
   
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