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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | CBI looking into MEA complaint on gifts scam

CBI looking into MEA complaint on gifts scam

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published Published on Feb 8, 2012   modified Modified on Feb 8, 2012
-The Times of India

The CBI is examining a complaint from the ministry of external affairs that gifts bought by the ministry to be given to foreign dignitaries were allegedly purchased at inflated costs by circumventing rules. Agency sources said they were examining the complaint. "We have not registered any preliminary enquiry (PE) or a regular case (RC) in the matter yet," a CBI officer said. 

The MEA had sent the request to CBI for a probe as its preliminary investigation revealed that the gifts to be given by foreign minister S M Krishna to foreign dignitaries were purchased at inflated costs and were of inferior quality. 

The rules state that such gifts could only be purchased from state emporiums to promote indigenous art forms. However, Assam and Madhya Pradesh emporiums had informed the ministry that they had signed memorandums of understanding with some private players for the supply of artifacts, MEA said in an RTI response. 

In its reply to activist Subhash Agrawal, the MEA said, "Preliminary investigation conducted by the ministry could not establish prima facie any clear involvement or complicity of the concerned officials of this ministry. The CBI has, therefore, been requested to undertake a detailed investigation into the matter. Action against those found guilty is contemplated only after the completion of the CBI inquiry." 

The ministry said that during its preliminary investigation, it was found that gifts were purchased at much higher prices than their actual cost. The scam came to light after reports that several gifts, which were purchased for foreign dignitaries during Krishna's visit to Malaysia and Myanmar, were of inferior quality and purchased at a higher price.


The Times of India, 8 February, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CBI-looking-into-MEA-complaint-on-gifts-scam/articleshow/11801583.cms


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