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In a move that may churn yet another political debate, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has closed a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Vincent George, who was the former personal secretary of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, newspaper reports said on Friday.
The CBI’s closure report states that the case was closed due to insufficient evidence against George.
Liberating the caged parrot
The investigating agency had registered the case against George in 2001, stating that he had amassed huge amounts of money and properties.
The CBI had reportedly initiated the probe against George and his family after there was a swell in his income after 1990. Besides Rs 1.5 crore in his bank account, he had properties like shops in south Delhi and land holdings in Chennai, Kerala and the National Capital, the news report said.
According to reports, the investigating agency said that George had claimed the assets were purchased using cash gifts from family members abroad, that are suspected to be hawala transactions.
The premier investigating agency started its investigation after former Enforcement Directorate deputy director Ashok Aggarwal made startling disclosures about Sonia Gandhi’s aide.
A close confidant of the Gandhi family, George had worked his way up in the party and went from working in Indira Gandhi’s office, to becoming the secretary for Sanjay Gandhi and later the private secretary of Rajiv Gandhi, reports said.
(With inputs from Agencies)
In a move that may churn yet another political debate, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has closed a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Vincent George, who was the former personal secretary of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, newspaper reports said on Friday.
The CBI’s closure report states that the case was closed due to insufficient evidence against George.
Liberating the caged parrot
The investigating agency had registered the case against George in 2001, stating that he had amassed huge amounts of money and properties.
The CBI had reportedly initiated the probe against George and his family after there was a swell in his income after 1990. Besides Rs 1.5 crore in his bank account, he had properties like shops in south Delhi and land holdings in Chennai, Kerala and the National Capital, the news report said.
According to reports, the investigating agency said that George had claimed the assets were purchased using cash gifts from family members abroad, that are suspected to be hawala transactions.
The premier investigating agency started its investigation after former Enforcement Directorate deputy director Ashok Aggarwal made startling disclosures about Sonia Gandhi’s aide.
A close confidant of the Gandhi family, George had worked his way up in the party and went from working in Indira Gandhi’s office, to becoming the secretary for Sanjay Gandhi and later the private secretary of Rajiv Gandhi, reports said.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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