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CBI today carried out searches at the office and residential
premises of a Telecom District Manager (TDM), BSNL, Rampur
and his accomplishes in connection with alleged diverting
of ISD calls, which were not being recorded at the Exchange,
and causing loss of lakhs of rupees to the exchequer.
During the search, CBI has recovered property including
4 acres of commercial land in Moradabad, 2 acres of land in
Rampur, Matiz car, and documents relating a plot in NOIDA
(UP). Besides, Rs. 87,000/- (apprx.) of cash has also been
recovered. The searches were carried out in many premises
at Rampur (UP), Moradabad (UP), Kashipur (Uttranchal and Hoshiarpur
(Punjab).
On the basis of source information CBI had registered a
case in the year 2003 alleging that some officials of the
local telephone exchanges of BSNL entered into criminal conspiracy
with some unknown persons and dishonestly and unauthorisedly
created Trunk Groups (TGPs) by manipulating telephone exchange
equipment and provided ISD facilities to some PCO holders
and subscribers during the year 2001-02.
The accused TDM is the son of Haakim who was earlier posted
in Jammu and Kashmir before being posted as DGM (Technical
and Planning), Moradabad during 1999. He continued there till
2003 and was later posted as TDM Rampur.
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