Yogi's email id created by NSE ex-GOO Subramanian: CBI
India Today
The CBI claimed that the "Yogi's" email-id was allegedly created by her favoured Group Operating Officer Anand Subramanian, a finding which could lift the veil of the unknown man.
The CBI Friday claimed that the email-id through which the "mysterious Yogi" guided former NSE MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna, arrested in the co-location scam, was allegedly created by her favoured Group Operating Officer Anand Subramanian, a finding which could lift the veil of the unknown "Yogi".
The central probe agency is also looking into the visit of Subramanian and Ramkrishna to tax haven Seychelles which finds mention in the email exchanges between Ramkrishna and the mysterious Yogi, the agency told a special CBI court on Friday.
The CBI probe is now focussing whether the email id rigyajursama@outlook.com allegedly created by Subramanian, also behind bars in the scam, was used by him or someone else was operating the account, they said.
Subramanian was allegedly referred to as the "yogi" in the forensic audit but the SEBI in its final report had rejected the claim. The CBI had on Friday told the special court that Subramanian was the Yogi, which was contested by his lawyers. The agency also told the special court that Ramkrishna’s and Subramanian's trip to Seychelles is being looked into. The agency believes that it was not an innocuous leisure trip and that it needs a thorough investigation, they said.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on February 11 had charged Ramkrishna and others with alleged governance lapses in the appointment of Subramanian as the chief strategic advisor and his re-designation as group operating officer and advisor to MD. In its report, the SEBI has also mentioned an email conversation of Ramkrishna with the "mysterious Yogi", suspected to be Subramanian, mentioning about a trip to Seychelles.
"Unknown person had written to Ramkrishna on February 17, 2015,...keep bags ready, I am planning to travel to Seychelles next month, will try if you can come with me...," it said.
The agency, meanwhile, is focussing on retrieving the email exchanges between Ramkrishna and rigyajursama@outlook.com, they said.
