Investigations by agencies in India apart, authorities in Jersey, Channel Islands have been probing allegations of money laundering and dealings in arms by persons involved in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, named in the Volcker report.
The Delhi High Court today denied former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his son Jagat access to all existing documents used by the Directorate of Enforcement
The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to stay proceedings against former External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh before Enforcement Directorate for alleged irregularities in Iraqi oil-for-food scam.
The Disciplinary Action Committee of the Congress once again failed to reach a decision on proceeding further against suspended party leader K Natwar Singh
In her strongest public denouncement of former foreign minister Natwar Singh following the Volcker report, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has called her former colleague a betrayer and accused him of unfairly using the party’s name.
If persons involved in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal remained silent on the alleged direct involvement of former Minister Natwar Singh and his son Jagat Singh, it was with very good reason.
Jagat Singh, Lakshamangarth MLA and son of Natwar Singh, who along with his father has been indicted in the Iraqi oil-for-food scam, was today expelled from the party for indiscipline and misconduct.
Two days after it issued show-cause notices in the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal, the Enforcement Directorate today began its second and, in terms of quantum of violations, bigger action against persons linked to the scam.
