ED files FIR against own men for evidence tampering
15 Oct 2014 6:02 AM IST
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered an FIR against some of its officials on suspicion of ‘internal sabotage’ of seized evidence in the high-profile Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal.
Official sources said the agency detected and found that a hard disk, which was seized after searches on arrested businessman and lawyer Gautam Khaitan last month, had been tampered with and a forensic examination of the electronic evidence did not provide the desired results as expected.
Sources said after a discreet internal inquiry, the agency found that the hard disk was probably ‘disturbed or fudged’ and hence a forensic retrieval and cloning of the device by CFSL Bangalore did not reflect the information that was expected of it. ‘An FIR has been registered against some lower rung officials with the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police on suspicion that the evidence in this case was tampered with. They will probe the role of the persons involved and also what sort of information was erased from the electronic gadget or if the hard disk was replaced with a facsimile,’ a source said.
Official sources said the agency detected and found that a hard disk, which was seized after searches on arrested businessman and lawyer Gautam Khaitan last month, had been tampered with and a forensic examination of the electronic evidence did not provide the desired results as expected.
Sources said after a discreet internal inquiry, the agency found that the hard disk was probably ‘disturbed or fudged’ and hence a forensic retrieval and cloning of the device by CFSL Bangalore did not reflect the information that was expected of it. ‘An FIR has been registered against some lower rung officials with the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police on suspicion that the evidence in this case was tampered with. They will probe the role of the persons involved and also what sort of information was erased from the electronic gadget or if the hard disk was replaced with a facsimile,’ a source said.
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