Much before the CBI chargesheeted politicians, it had probed senior officials of thepower sector, which was at the centreof the Jain hawala money. Of the 17 bureaucrats andofficials named in the Jain diaries, 13 are from the power sector. Rs 2.63 crore was paidby the Jains to power sector officials.
According to the CBI, the highest beneficiary was former National Thermal PowerCorporation (NTPC) chairman P.S. Bhami (Rs 34.5 lakh), followed by Coal India ChairmanM.P. Narayanan (Rs 25 lakh); V.K. Khanna, joint secretary, power ( Rs 5 lakh); V.Sunderrajan, director, projects, NTPC (Rs 1 lakh); NTPC General Manager C.N. Swamy (Rs 3lakh); NTPC General Manager A. Baijal (Rs 1 lakh); NHPC Chairman M.A. Hai (Rs 50,000);R.K. Nair, DGM, NTPC (Rs 50,000); R.K. Narayanan of the Central Electricity Authority (Rs5 lakh); R.R. Berry of EIL (Rs 2 lakh) and R.R. Shah, joint secretary, power (Rs 5 lakh).
Bhami and M.P. Narayanan were chargesheeted on November 29, 1995, along withMalik, Sunderrajan, Hai, Swamy and R.K. Narayanan. All of thembooked under Sections 7, 12,13 1 (d) and 120 (b) of the Prevention of Corruption Actare to appear before theCBI's special court on February 4.
But bureaucrats are not alone. Arif Mohammed Khan was chargesheeted for awarding theKawas power project (Madhya Pradesh) to France's Alsthom. The CBI says Khan was paid Rs7.5 crore soon after the contract was finalised in 1990.
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