Addressing a press conference with Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta and Lok Sabha member Manoj Tiwari, Patra released the video of the "sting operation" featuring Kulvinder Marwah, the father of Sunny Marwah, the accused number 13 in the liquor scam case.
A sting operation showed top leaders of AAP including Shazia Ilmi ready to accept funds without proper background checks. Convener Arvind Kejriwal has promised action within 24 hours.
While not absolutely ruling out money-laundering, the RBI plans to take early action against banks whose officials were recently caught on tape in a sting operation willing to indulge in serious violation of banking norms.
The second round of Cobrapost sting operation evoked immediate responses across the spectrum. Rajiv Takru secretary at the Department of Financial Services asked all state owned banks and the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India to initiate actions. Banks /institutions have started internal investigation.
The CobraPost sting operation that has uncovered alleged connivance in money laundering by three of the bluest of blue chip Indian banks – HDFC, ICICI and Axis – is a stinging indictment of our black money culture and the Reserve Bank‘s ability to police the banking system.
Zee News on Saturday sent a defamation notice of Rs 150 crore to Naveen Jindal accusing his press conference on a sting operation conducted by his company, Jindal Steel, on the TV channel, as an attempt to divert attention from demand for independent probe in the coal blocks allocations controversy.
The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to the TV Today group on the defamation suit filed by Law Minister Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid. Summons have been issued to TV Today Chairman and MD Aroon Purie and 13 others.