CBI officials ‘visit’ Jayanthi Natarajan residence in Chennai
A Selvaraj | TNN | Dec 12, 2017, 17:03 IST
CHENNAI: A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials visited former Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan's residence at Alwarpet in Chennai on Tuesday in connection with a corruption case against her.
The case is related to the allegedly irregularities in granting green clearances during the second term of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
A CBI team comprising a deputy superintendent of police and four other officers, including woman officials, entered Natarajan's house on Tuesday morning and they locked the doors from inside.
CBI officials said the surprise visit to the former Congress leader's house was neither for a search nor for a raid. "It is a part of the investigation," said a senior CBI officer. The officer refused to divulge details.
The CBI registered case under the Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and under the Prevention of Corruption Act in September this year. The CBI has named Jayanthi Natarajan, Umang Kejriwal, the then managing director of Electrosteel Casting Limited, and the company in the FIR. The case pertains to clearance given for diversion of forestland in Saranda forest in Singhbhum district of Jharkhand to the mining company -- Electrosteel -- in alleged violation of the Forest (Conservation Act) in 2012.
The CBI has alleged that Natarajan gave the clearance to the company in 2012 for mining in violation of the existing mining and environment laws as also the directions of the Supreme Court. The agency mentioned in the FIR that Natarajan had accorded the approval for diversion of 55.79 hectares of forestland for non-forestry use to Electrosteel Casting Limited (ECL). Interestingly, the same file had been rejected earlier by the former Union minister of state for environment.
The anti-corruption wing of the CBI initiated five preliminary inquiries into the alleged irregularities and corruption charge in approving the stalled files during Natarajan's tenure— some of them against unknown environment ministry officials, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and JSW Steel — for clearances to Rungta Mines in Ghatkuri Reserve Forest of Jharkhand and others.
The visit of the CBI officials to Natarajan's house has come at a time when Rahul Gandhi has been elected as the president of the Congress.
A Selvaraj | TNN | Dec 12, 2017, 17:03 IST
CHENNAI: A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials visited former Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan's residence at Alwarpet in Chennai on Tuesday in connection with a corruption case against her.
The case is related to the allegedly irregularities in granting green clearances during the second term of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
A CBI team comprising a deputy superintendent of police and four other officers, including woman officials, entered Natarajan's house on Tuesday morning and they locked the doors from inside.
CBI officials said the surprise visit to the former Congress leader's house was neither for a search nor for a raid. "It is a part of the investigation," said a senior CBI officer. The officer refused to divulge details.
The CBI registered case under the Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC and under the Prevention of Corruption Act in September this year. The CBI has named Jayanthi Natarajan, Umang Kejriwal, the then managing director of Electrosteel Casting Limited, and the company in the FIR. The case pertains to clearance given for diversion of forestland in Saranda forest in Singhbhum district of Jharkhand to the mining company -- Electrosteel -- in alleged violation of the Forest (Conservation Act) in 2012.
The CBI has alleged that Natarajan gave the clearance to the company in 2012 for mining in violation of the existing mining and environment laws as also the directions of the Supreme Court. The agency mentioned in the FIR that Natarajan had accorded the approval for diversion of 55.79 hectares of forestland for non-forestry use to Electrosteel Casting Limited (ECL). Interestingly, the same file had been rejected earlier by the former Union minister of state for environment.
The anti-corruption wing of the CBI initiated five preliminary inquiries into the alleged irregularities and corruption charge in approving the stalled files during Natarajan's tenure— some of them against unknown environment ministry officials, Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and JSW Steel — for clearances to Rungta Mines in Ghatkuri Reserve Forest of Jharkhand and others.
The visit of the CBI officials to Natarajan's house has come at a time when Rahul Gandhi has been elected as the president of the Congress.
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