The CBI has renewed its list of Undesirable Contact Men (UCM) to caution the Government officials against dealing with these people. In the new list, the CBI has identified 23 lobbyists, power brokers and bribe givers/facilitators, mainly operating in major Ministries like Defence, Home, Finance, Coal and Power, Telecom and Shipping as UCM.
The confidential UCM list is prepared by the CBI in accordance with the guidelines on Programme for Vigilance and Anti-Corruption work.
“The information contained in these lists will be utilised when considering cases for accreditation or representative of firms, etc. Normally such unscrupulous persons should not be accepted as accredited representatives. The Ministries, Departments and Undertakings concerned will issue direction to their officers to be careful and cautious in dealing with unscrupulous persons whose names are on these lists to avoid associating with them socially and accepting hospitality and gifts for them,” said the recent circular of CBI to various Ministries and Departments.
In the CBI’s latest list containing 23 persons (all men), 13 are found operating within Ministry of Finance and its money spinning departments like Income Tax, Customs and Excise. These persons are also simultaneously operating in other plum Ministries like Defence, Coal and Power, according to the CBI’s list. The CBI has identified as many as seven persons, believed to be the arms lobbyists, connected with Defence, Home Ministries and the Delhi Police.
Kolkata-based Sanjay Kumar Pasari, who was caught by US authorities for bribing Coal India officials, is in the renewed list also. The Pioneer on December 7, 2011, reported that upon the follow-up action by US authorities, $400 million (more than `2,000 crore) worth accounts of Pasari and his associates were frozen by a court in Geneva.
The middleman, Sanjay Pasari, operating mainly in the coal and mining sector, was implicated by the US Justice Department and Securities & Exchange Commission in late 2010 in a probe related to bribing of Indian officials, while acting as an agent of multinational mining giant Bucyrus, which has now merged with Caterpillar.
A Geneva court order passed on February 16, 2011 upon the alert issued by US authorities under International Criminal Mutual Aid, froze (probative sequestration) accounts of Sanjay Pasari (No. 2952334), his brother Rajiv Pasari (a/c no: 1996090), their firm Savan Foundation (a/c no: 1159024) and his company Infotech Guernsey (a/c no: 189502) at Lloyds TSB Bank in Switzerland.
But till date, no action was taken by Indian agencies to recover this huge sum frozen by Geneva court. Pirmal Dey and Sanjan Kumar Tulsiyan are the other two persons from Kolkata, who figured in the CBI’s list.
Interestingly, while many Ministers and former Ministers in the UPA Government from South India are facing allegations of corruption, only one person Sudeendran N from Chennai figures in the CBI’s confidential list of persons engaged in brokering and wheeler-dealer activities.
Incidentally, CBI list says Sudeendran operates in Central Excise, Customs and DRI. For the past eight years, DMK’s Minister of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam is the in-charge of these plush departments.
The CBI has also cautioned Government officials to avoid contact with UCM’s colleagues. “Even officials dealing with UCM should be discouraged. Nefarious activities of these individuals should not be allowed and they should not be allowed sponsorship of Government projects. Foreign Missions also need to be fully briefed about these undesirable individuals and the firms so that they can keep a close watch over their activities,” said CBI urging the various department heads, Government secretaries and vigilance heads.
The confidential UCM list is prepared by the CBI in accordance with the guidelines on Programme for Vigilance and Anti-Corruption work.
“The information contained in these lists will be utilised when considering cases for accreditation or representative of firms, etc. Normally such unscrupulous persons should not be accepted as accredited representatives. The Ministries, Departments and Undertakings concerned will issue direction to their officers to be careful and cautious in dealing with unscrupulous persons whose names are on these lists to avoid associating with them socially and accepting hospitality and gifts for them,” said the recent circular of CBI to various Ministries and Departments.
In the CBI’s latest list containing 23 persons (all men), 13 are found operating within Ministry of Finance and its money spinning departments like Income Tax, Customs and Excise. These persons are also simultaneously operating in other plum Ministries like Defence, Coal and Power, according to the CBI’s list. The CBI has identified as many as seven persons, believed to be the arms lobbyists, connected with Defence, Home Ministries and the Delhi Police.
As many as five persons are from Mumbai and three persons from Kolkata. One person from Chennai also figures in the CBI’s list of persons involved in fraudulent activities in Government offices. SD Kala, Chandan Parmar, Kartik Kothari, Sunil Kumar Narottam Shah and Rajesh Kisorilal Shah are based in Mumbai.
Kolkata-based Sanjay Kumar Pasari, who was caught by US authorities for bribing Coal India officials, is in the renewed list also. The Pioneer on December 7, 2011, reported that upon the follow-up action by US authorities, $400 million (more than `2,000 crore) worth accounts of Pasari and his associates were frozen by a court in Geneva.
The middleman, Sanjay Pasari, operating mainly in the coal and mining sector, was implicated by the US Justice Department and Securities & Exchange Commission in late 2010 in a probe related to bribing of Indian officials, while acting as an agent of multinational mining giant Bucyrus, which has now merged with Caterpillar.
A Geneva court order passed on February 16, 2011 upon the alert issued by US authorities under International Criminal Mutual Aid, froze (probative sequestration) accounts of Sanjay Pasari (No. 2952334), his brother Rajiv Pasari (a/c no: 1996090), their firm Savan Foundation (a/c no: 1159024) and his company Infotech Guernsey (a/c no: 189502) at Lloyds TSB Bank in Switzerland.
But till date, no action was taken by Indian agencies to recover this huge sum frozen by Geneva court. Pirmal Dey and Sanjan Kumar Tulsiyan are the other two persons from Kolkata, who figured in the CBI’s list.
Interestingly, while many Ministers and former Ministers in the UPA Government from South India are facing allegations of corruption, only one person Sudeendran N from Chennai figures in the CBI’s confidential list of persons engaged in brokering and wheeler-dealer activities.
Incidentally, CBI list says Sudeendran operates in Central Excise, Customs and DRI. For the past eight years, DMK’s Minister of State for Finance SS Palanimanickam is the in-charge of these plush departments.
The CBI has also cautioned Government officials to avoid contact with UCM’s colleagues. “Even officials dealing with UCM should be discouraged. Nefarious activities of these individuals should not be allowed and they should not be allowed sponsorship of Government projects. Foreign Missions also need to be fully briefed about these undesirable individuals and the firms so that they can keep a close watch over their activities,” said CBI urging the various department heads, Government secretaries and vigilance heads.