Prabhu Chawla’s son named in media bribery case
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Shiv Kumar
Nov 25, 2009, 7:17:49 AM11/25/09
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It took a blogger to out Prabhu Chawla's son. How coy the media
becomes when it comes to naming its own!
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Prabhu Chawla’s son named in media bribery case
http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/prabhu-chawlas-son-named-in-bribery-case/
25 November 2009
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named advocate Ankur
Chawla, son of Prabhu Chawla, editor of the leading English newsweekly
India Today*, for allegedly acting as a conduit to pay a bribe to a
quasi-judicial official for “a favourable verdict in a case concerning
a media house”.
The Hindustan Times reports that junior Chawla represented one of
the two feuding factions of the Hindi daily newspaper Amar Ujala, and
had arranged for Rs 10 lakh to be delivered to the acting chairman of
the company law board (CLB), R. Vasudevan, who has been arrested for
taking the bribe.
The Times of India, quoting CBI sources, says Ankur Chawla had
approached Manoj Banthia, a secretary with the Ujala management, with
Rs 10 lakh to get the case settled in favour of the daily’s
management. “Banthia kept Rs 3 lakh. Chawla’s name is also in the
FIR.”
According to Press Trust of India, Banthia was nabbed while he was
emerging from Vasudevan’s house in South Delhi after allegedly paying
the bribe. A further sum of Rs 55 lakh was also recovered from the
residence of the 58-year-old officer.
The Economic Times quotes a CBI spokesman as saying it was “a
double-trap”, in which the bribe-giver and the bribe-taker were
arrested.
Atul Maheshwari, managing director of the Amar Ujala group, has
clarified he had no connection with the case, but Chawla’s house in
upscale Defence Colony was raided and a file relating to the case was
recovered “establishing his links with the case“.
Indo Asian News Service reports that Chawla, who was reportedly
out of India for two days, has professed ignorance about the bribery
but has said he will co-operate with investigators.
However, Financial Chronicle reports that Ankur Chawla was among
the three arrested along with Vasudevan and Banthia. But the official
CBI press release makes no mention of a third arrest, much less the
name or pedigree of Chawla.
The Hindu reports that CBI has registered a case against
Vasudevan, Banthia and Ankur Chawla under 120-B (criminal conspiracy)
of the IPC and Section 7 (public servant taking bribe other than legal
remuneration in respect of an official act), 8 (taking bribe, in
order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant) and
other sections of the prevention of corruption Act.
There was no reporting of the story in Mail Today, the tabloid
newspaper owned by the India Today group, in which Prabhu Chawla has a
column every Monday.
becomes when it comes to naming its own!
-sk
Prabhu Chawla’s son named in media bribery case
http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/prabhu-chawlas-son-named-in-bribery-case/
25 November 2009
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named advocate Ankur
Chawla, son of Prabhu Chawla, editor of the leading English newsweekly
India Today*, for allegedly acting as a conduit to pay a bribe to a
quasi-judicial official for “a favourable verdict in a case concerning
a media house”.
The Hindustan Times reports that junior Chawla represented one of
the two feuding factions of the Hindi daily newspaper Amar Ujala, and
had arranged for Rs 10 lakh to be delivered to the acting chairman of
the company law board (CLB), R. Vasudevan, who has been arrested for
taking the bribe.
The Times of India, quoting CBI sources, says Ankur Chawla had
approached Manoj Banthia, a secretary with the Ujala management, with
Rs 10 lakh to get the case settled in favour of the daily’s
management. “Banthia kept Rs 3 lakh. Chawla’s name is also in the
FIR.”
According to Press Trust of India, Banthia was nabbed while he was
emerging from Vasudevan’s house in South Delhi after allegedly paying
the bribe. A further sum of Rs 55 lakh was also recovered from the
residence of the 58-year-old officer.
The Economic Times quotes a CBI spokesman as saying it was “a
double-trap”, in which the bribe-giver and the bribe-taker were
arrested.
Atul Maheshwari, managing director of the Amar Ujala group, has
clarified he had no connection with the case, but Chawla’s house in
upscale Defence Colony was raided and a file relating to the case was
recovered “establishing his links with the case“.
Indo Asian News Service reports that Chawla, who was reportedly
out of India for two days, has professed ignorance about the bribery
but has said he will co-operate with investigators.
However, Financial Chronicle reports that Ankur Chawla was among
the three arrested along with Vasudevan and Banthia. But the official
CBI press release makes no mention of a third arrest, much less the
name or pedigree of Chawla.
The Hindu reports that CBI has registered a case against
Vasudevan, Banthia and Ankur Chawla under 120-B (criminal conspiracy)
of the IPC and Section 7 (public servant taking bribe other than legal
remuneration in respect of an official act), 8 (taking bribe, in
order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence public servant) and
other sections of the prevention of corruption Act.
There was no reporting of the story in Mail Today, the tabloid
newspaper owned by the India Today group, in which Prabhu Chawla has a
column every Monday.
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