CVC EXAMINING EX-IA CHIEF'S LETTER ALLEGING SCAM IN CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY

NEW DELHI,INDIA :  Even as the UPA government struggles to shrug off allegations of major scandals, a set of decisions taken by yet another ministry under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has come under fresh scrutiny. 

According to sources, the Central Vigilance Commission has started a detailed examination of a 14-page letter written by IAS officer Sunil Arora, the former chairman-and-managing director of Indian Airlines, to the then cabinet secretary alleging that the national carrier was arm-twisted into taking several decisions that led to the financial crisis in the company. 

"Based on the analysis, a final decision would be taken by the CVC - whether to refer the case to the CBI for a criminal investigation, or to initiate a departmental inquiry, or to ignore it," a source said. Given the fact that the complaint concerns serious misconduct, the CVC has primarily two options -- to refer it, like it did in the case of 2G and coal block allocations, to CBI for an investigation or to just ignore the issue.

06/09/2012  :  Mohua Chatterjee & Josy Joseph / The Times Of India.

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