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மதுரையில் போலி பாஸ்போர்ட் எடுத்த இலங்கை Ex எம்பி (ஈபிடிபி திலீபன்) கைது
மதுரை: போலி பாஸ்போர்ட் எடுத்த இலங்கை முன்னாள் (ஈபிடிபி திலீபன்) எம்பி கைது
இந்த வழக்கை கியூ பிராஞ்ச் போலீசார் விசாரிக்க உத்தரவிட்டது. இந்த விவகாரம் தொடர்பாக அதிகாரிகள் மற்றும் இலங்கையை சேர்ந்த பலர் மீது வழக்கு தொடரப்பட்டது. போலி பாஸ்போர்ட் விவகாரம் தொடர்பாக இலங்கையின் ஈபிடிபி கட்சியின் முன்னாள் எம்.பி. திலீபன் மீது இந்தியாவில் உள்ள அனைத்து விமான நிலையங்களில் லுக் அவுட் நோட்டீஸ் கொடுக்கப்பட்டிருந்தது.
இந்நிலையில் கடந்த 11ந்தேதி கொச்சி விமானநிலையம் வந்த திலீபனை கொச்சியில் குடியுரிமை அதிகாரிகள் பிடித்து மதுரை கியூ பிராஞ்ச் போலீசாரிடம் ஒப்படைத்தனர். போலீசார் அவரை நேற்று மதுரை நீதிமன்றத்தில் ஆஜர்படுத்தி புழல் சிறையில் அடைத்தனர்.
மதுரை ஜூன் 2018 முதல் ஜூலை 2020 வரை போலி பாஸ்போர்ட்டுகள் டிராவல் ஏஜென்சியை நடத்தியது AGDP மனைவி ஜூனிதா டேவிட்சன்
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ஏடிஜிபி டேவிட்சன் தேவாசீர்வாதம் மீதான போலி பாஸ்போர்ட் புகாரை விசாரித்து நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க தமிழ்நாடு அரசுக்கு உள்துறை அமைச்சகம் பரிந்துரை செய்துள்ளது.
Published : June 28, 2023
|Updated : June 28, 2023 https://www.etvbharat.com/tamil/tamil-nadu/state/chennai/central-govt-send-letter-to-tn-govt-for-the-enquiry-against-davidson-devasirvatham-fake-passport-case/tamil-nadu20230628103308371371376
சென்னை: பத்திரிகையாளர் வராகி என்பவர் கடந்த மே 24ஆம் தேதி மத்திய உள்துறை அமைச்சகம், சிபிஐ மற்றும் என்ஐஏ ஆகியவற்றிற்கு புகார் ஒன்றை அளித்துள்ளார். அதில் மதுரை மாநகர காவல் ஆணையராக டேவிட்சன் பதவி வகித்து வந்தபோது, வெளிநாட்டினருக்கு பாஸ்போர்ட் வழங்கியதில் முறைகேடு நடந்திருப்பதாக தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
குறிப்பாக, டேவிட்சன் ஜூன் 2018 முதல் ஜூலை 2020 வரை மதுரை மாநகர காவல் ஆணையராகப் பதவி வகித்தபோது போலி ஆவணங்களைப் பயன்படுத்தி நூற்றுக்கணக்கான போலி பாஸ்போர்ட்டுகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன என குற்றம் சாட்டியுள்ளார். டிராவல் ஏஜென்சியை நடத்திக் கொண்டிருந்த அவரது மனைவி ஜூனிதா டேவிட்சன் மூலம் இந்த முறைகேடு நடந்ததாக வராகி அவரது புகாரில் தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
கடந்த 2019ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜூன் மாதம் போலி ஆவணங்கள் மூலம் பாஸ்போர்ட் பெற்று சட்டவிரோதமாக இலங்கைக்குச் செல்ல முயன்ற முத்துராமன் என்ற இலங்கை நாட்டவரை, குடியுரிமை அதிகாரிகள் கைது செய்தனர். கடந்த 2020ஆம் ஆண்டு ஜனவரி மாதம் போலி ஆவணங்கள் மூலம் போலி பாஸ்போர்ட் பெற்று துபாய்க்கு செல்லவிருந்த பரமசிவம் என்ற மற்றொரு இலங்கை நாட்டினரையும் குடியுரிமை அதிகாரிகள் கைது செய்தனர்.
போலி பாஸ்போர்ட் விவகாரம் தொடர்பாக விசாரணை நடைபெற்றுக் கொண்டிருக்கும் நிலையில், மத்திய புலனாய்வு அமைப்பு ஏற்கனவே ஜூலை 2021இல் ஒரு வழக்கைப் பதிவு செய்துள்ளது. மேலும், கடந்த ஆண்டு ஜனவரியில் தேசிய புலனாய்வு அமைப்பு சட்டவிரோத நடவடிக்கைகள் தடுப்புச் சட்டம், பாஸ்போர்ட் சட்டம் மற்றும் வெளிநாட்டினர் சட்டம் ஆகியவற்றின் கீழ் வழக்குப் பதிவு செய்துள்ளது. இதில் குற்றம் சாட்டப்பட்டவர்கள் போலி ஆவணங்களைப் பயன்படுத்தி போலி இந்திய பாஸ்போர்ட்களை உருவாக்கியது தொடர்பாக விசாரணை நடைபெற்று வருகிறது.
மேலும், உயர் நீதிமன்ற மதுரைக் கிளையில் கடந்த 2021ஆம் ஆண்டு போலி பாஸ்போர்ட் விவகாரம் தொடர்பாக மதுரை கியூ பிராஞ்ச் காவல் கண்காணிப்பாளருக்கு மூன்று மாதங்களுக்குள் விசாரணையை முடிக்குமாறு உத்தரவிடப்பட்டது. மேலும் விசாரணையை கண்காணிக்கவும் எஸ்பிசிஐடி ஐஜிக்கு உத்தரவிட்டனர்.
இருப்பினும், இந்த வழக்கு முறையாக விசாரிக்கப்படவில்லை என புகாரில் வராகி தெரிவித்துள்ளார். இந்த புகார் தொடர்பாக மத்திய உள்துறை அமைச்சகம் தமிழ்நாடு தலைமைச் செயலாளருக்கு கடிதம் அனுப்பி உள்ளது. அதில் ஏடிஜிபி டேவிட்சன் தேவாசீர்வாதம் மீது அளிக்கப்பட்ட புகார் குறித்து உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்குமாறு பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
முன்னதாக நேற்று, தமிழ்நாடு அரசு மூன்று ஐபிஎஸ் அதிகாரிகளை மாற்றம் செய்து உத்தரவு பிறப்பித்தது. இதில் முக்கிய பதவியான தமிழ்நாடு காவல் துறையின் உளவுத்துறை பிரிவு ஏடிஜிபியாக இருந்த டேவிட்சன் தேவாசீர்வாதத்தை, தலைமையக பொறுப்பிற்கு பணியிடம் மாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டதன் காரணத்தினால் இந்த விவகாரம் மேலும் பரபரப்பை அதிகரித்துள்ளதாகத் தெரிகிறது.
Fall of an intel chief: Here’s the inside story of how the Tamil Nadu fake passport scam was busted
https://thesouthfirst.com/andhrapradesh/andhra-pradeshs-roads-face-sankranti-deadline-puts-tdp-governance-on-trial/ While the seized passports were original, the documents submitted to obtain them were fake. Many of them are Sri Lankan Tamils. Vinodh Arulappan Published Jun 29, 2023 | 6:39 PM ⚊ Updated Jun 29, 2023
S Davidson Devasirvatham, a 1995-batch IPS officer, was one of the most powerful officers of the Tamil Nadu Police… until a couple of days ago.
On the evening of Tuesday, 27 June, the Tamil Nadu Home Department transferred Davidson, who was serving as chief of the Intelligence Unit of the Tamil Nadu Police, to the post of the additional director general of police headquarters.
The sudden transfer order came from the Union Home Ministry on account of his alleged involvement in the “fake passport scam” while he was serving as the commissioner of police of Madurai City.
Davidson was appointed to that post on 10 June, 2018, and was the top cop in the city for two years — till his promotion as ADGP on 4 July 2020.
Where it all began
In March 2019, a 57-year-old Sri Lankan woman named H Meherbanu, who was married to an Indian and was residing in Morsingpettai in Beema Nagar in Tiruchirappalli, was caught by immigration at the city’s airport while she was boarding a flight to Sri Lanka as they found that she had obtained an Indian passport with fake documents.
The immigration officer, while checking her passport, asked about her place of birth. The woman confessed that she was born in Sri Lanka. However, the passport mentioned that she was born in India.
Since her words were contrary to the place of birth mentioned in her passport, the officials detained her.
Three months prior to this incident, three more Sri Lankan nationals were caught by immigration authorities at various airports — including Madurai and Chennai.
On 28 June, 2019, a 41-year-old Sri Lankan citizen was arrested when he tried to travel to Sri Lanka by air using a passport obtained using fake documents.
On 17 January, 2020, a 61-year-old resident of the Sivaganga district was arrested for trying to fly from Madurai International Airport to Dubai on a fake passport.
Though separate cases were filed in all these incidents, the officials found a few similarities in all the cases.
While the seized passports were original, the documents submitted to obtain them were fake and, in most of the cases, the arrested individuals were Sri Lankan Tamils.
Thus it was that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) under the Union Home Ministry started its discreet investigation.
Shadow investigation by central agencies
An IB officer, who was a part of the investigation, explained to South First that when someone is arrested in a fake passport case, the local police or immigration officials usually share the details with the IB team.
There were reports of such cases from January 2019 to June 2019. In all the cases, the passports were original but their holders were found to have obtained them using fake documents with the help of a few agents.
“The addresses mentioned in the passports were fake. Even the educational certificates and the documents used as identity proof — like rations cards, voter IDs, and Aadhaar cards — were fake,” the officer said.
He added, “We found that people residing in Chennai, Madurai, Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore, Sivaganga, and Tiruchy obtained passports with a Madurai address. Most of the passports were verified by the Avaniyapuram police, which falls under the Madurai City Police.”
A few years ago, the Avaniyapuram police station, which was under the control of the district police, was attached to the City Police Commissionerate that falls under the Thiruparankundram range.
“The issue was escalated to the central investigation agencies. The CBI and NIA were pressed into action and a shadow investigation was conducted into the issue,” said the IB officer.
According to sources from the intelligence agencies, over 200 passports are believed to have been issued from Madurai to Sri Lankan nationals and other people ineligible for a passport during Davidson’s stint as the city’s police commissioner.
The CBI had also started a discreet investigation, tracing the role of central government employees in the scam, the IB officer said.
Q Branch registers cases
On 27 September 2019, the Q Branch — established as an anti-Maoist outfit in the late 1960s, and later merged with the CID and probed Sri Lankan terrorists before turning its scanner on terrorists in general — filed cases under Sections 120B, 420, 465, 468, and 471 of the Indian Penal Code, and Sections 12(1A)(a), 12(1A)(b), and 12(2) of the Passport Act, 1967, against four travel agents.
It also raided the properties of a few passport officers attached to the Madurai Regional Passport Office.
Meanwhile, the Tamil Nadu Intelligence Department was also alerted about the incident and that the Q Branch police were conducting a separate investigation. Eight FIRs were filed regarding forgery under various sections.
The Q Branch police found that 53 fake passports had been obtained from the jurisdiction of the Avaniyapuram police station.
Further, the people who had obtained Indian passports with fake documents remained unknown and difficult to trace.
The Q Branch arrested 15 people — four Sri Lankan Tamils and 11 travel agents — in connection with the case.
During the investigation, 124 such passports were recovered, and the Q Branch found that 28 passports were issued to Sri Lankan Tamils. Separate cases have been filed in connection with them in different parts of the state.
Meanwhile, in July 2021, the CBI registered a case against Madurai Regional Passport Office Senior Superintendent Veeraputhiran, who was the granting officer at the Passport Seva Kendra in Tirunelveli.
It alleged that he fraudulently issued Indian passports to Sri Lankans.
The CBI arrested another person identified as Ramesh in connection with the case.
Involvement of police officials
The probe agencies found that Sivakumar, the then assistant commissioner of police who headed the Madurai City Intelligence Unit, colluded with Ilavarasu, then an inspector with the Avaniyapuram police, and Dharmalingam, who was the inspector of police in the intelligence wing then, to issue the passports.
An intelligence officer from the Q Branch told South First that after digital signatures were introduced for issuing passports, the commissioners of police (CPs) in cities and superintendents of police (SPs) in districts were handed over the digital signature stamp.
They were in turn deputed a responsible officer to do the verification and upload Passport Verification Reports (PVRs).
Explaining the role of the police in the process of passport verification, the officer said that the application is sent through the portal for field verification to the jurisdictional police station of the district or city police where the residence of the applicant is located.
“There are four logins for the police at various levels: One for the field inquiry police officer, one for the station house officer (SHO), one for the district/city police, and the final verification will be done by the DSP/ACP (authorised by the SP/CP) who acts as the nodal officer for passport verification,” he said.
At the police station, the login is given to the field inquiry police officer — invariably the head constable of the police station — who is nominated by the SHO for passport field verification.
The login is provided to the SHO, who accepts the verification of the field inquiry police officer and submits the status of verification to the district/city office, he explained.
“Accordingly, Davidson, the CP of Madurai City, who was the concerned authority of issuing clearance for police verification in the Madurai City jurisdiction, deputed Assistant Commissioner of Police Sivakumar to use the digital signature for clearance and obtained the digital signature dongle in the name of ACP Sivakumar from the passport department,” the officer told South First.
After the Q Branch started its investigation, Sivakumar was posted as ACP of the Thiruparankundram range, which controls the Avaniyapuram police limits, where the scam took place.
All fingers point to Davidson
Meanwhile, Davidson was promoted to the post of ADGP and transferred to the Technical Services unit. After the DMK came to power, Davidson was posted as ADGP of Intelligence.
Eswaramoorthy, who was the then IG of Internal Security, wrote to the DGP requesting permission to conduct an inquiry into Davidson in the case that was forwarded to the home secretary for his consent.
Though the government sanctioned the prosecution of ACP Sivakumar, the letter was forwarded to Davidson to provide documents related to the case.
In a letter to Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi in November last year, Tamil Nadu BJP chief Annamalai said that 74 percent of the fake passports issued were to Christian applicants.
He also alleged that Davidson’s wife, who ran a passport agency, allegedly shut it down after the issue snowballed into a controversy.
Annamalai also accused Davidson of destroying evidence related to the passport scam when he was the Madurai CP. He sought an NIA investigation into the issue and demanded the suspension of Davidson.
Plea for a CBI inquiry
As there was no movement in the case, one S Murugaganesan filed a case in the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court in July last year, seeking a CBI inquiry into the issue.
Opining that the case had serious national-security implications, the court directed the Q Branch to complete the investigation within three months. The time limit was subsequently extended by a period of six months.
But the Q Branch, which was under the direct control of the Intelligence Unit, submitted to the court that a final report was filed with the Judicial Magistrate IV of Madurai.
The high court gave Davidson a clean chit and directed the trial court to expedite the case and disposed of the petition without ordering a CBI enquiry.
ED registers case
On the first week of May 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered an FIR (Cr.No1/2019) in the passport scam cases filed by the Q Branch police at Chennai, Madurai, Tiruchy, Sivaganga, Tirupathur, Salem, Erode, and Coimbatore.
Based on the available shreds of evidence and the final report filed by the Q Branch, the ED commenced its investigation.
According to sources, a team of ED officials recently visited Madurai and enquired with the passport officials.
Speaking to South First, whistleblower Savukku Shankar said that he had filed a complaint regarding the scam with the central agencies.
“About 10 months ago, there was a meeting between the Union Ministry of External Affairs officials and Union Home Ministry officials, where they discussed the fake passport scam and the complaints received regarding it. More than 700 non-citizens are reported to have obtained Indian passports and left the country, and their whereabouts are not known to any agency. This is viewed as a huge security threat,” Shankar said.
He added, “One of the key accused in this case is Sivakumar, formerly ACP of Intelligence Services in Madurai, whom Davidson tried to save from being charged.”
He continued: “All these facts were conveyed to the chief minister through various channels, which fell on deaf ears. Then came the Union Home Ministry’s communication. What I have learnt is Udhayanidhi Stalin stepped in and apprised his father about Davidson, which resulted in Davidson’s transfer out of Intelligence.”
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Home Ministry asks TN to act on Davidson
On 24 May, Chennai-based journalist Varaaki filed a complaint with the Union Home Ministry, requesting it to initiate an inquiry into the alleged role of Davidson in the passport scam.
On 14 June, the Ministry forwarded the complaint to the Tamil Nadu government for further action against Davidson.
Since the communication was from the Union Home Ministry against the head of the state intel chief, the home secretary forwarded the communication to the Chief Minister’s Office for further action.
According to sources in the state’s Home Ministry, the officials took the Union Home Ministry’s “communication” to Chief Minister MK Stalin.
After he had a discussion with senior ministers and officials, Davidson was shunted from the Intelligence Unit’s top post.
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புதுடில்லி: சீன விசா பணமோசடி வழக்கில், காங்., - எம்.பி., கார்த்தி மீது குற்றச்சாட்டுகள் பதிவு செய்ய டில்லி சி.பி.ஐ., நீதி மன்றம் உத்தரவிட்டுள்ளது.
'வேதாந்தா' குழுமத்தைச் சேர்ந்த டி.எஸ்.பி.எல்., நிறுவனம், கடந்த 2011ல் பஞ்சாபில் அனல்மின் நிலையம் அமைத்தது. இந்த பணிகளுக்காக, சீன ஊழியர்கள் 263 பேருக்கு விதிமீறி விசா வாங்க முயன்றது. இதற்காக அப்போதைய மத்திய உள்துறை அமைச்சராக இருந்த சிதம்பரத்தின் மகன் கார்த்தியை அணுகியதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.
அவருக்கு நெருக்கமாக இருந்த பாஸ்கரராமன் என்பவர் மூலம், 50 லட்சம் ரூபாய் லஞ்சம் பெற்று, சீன ஊழியர்களுக்கு விசா பெற்று கொடுத்ததாக குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுந்தது. இது தொடர்பாக, 2020ல் வழக்கு பதிந்து விசாரணை நடத்திய சி.பி.ஐ., கடந்த 2022ல் குற்றப்பத்திரிகை தாக்கல் செய்தது.
அதில், தற்போதைய சிவகங்கை தொகுதி காங்., - எம்.பி., கார்த்தி, அவரது உதவியாளர் பாஸ்கரராமன், விரால் மேத்தா, அனுப் அகர்வால், மன்சூர் சித்திக் மற்றும் சேத்தன் ஸ்ரீவஸ்தவா ஆகியோரது பெயர்கள் சேர்க்கப் பட்டன.
இந்நிலையில், இவ்வழக்கு டில்லி சி.பி.ஐ., நீதிமன்றத்தில் நேற்று விசாரணைக்கு வந்தது. அப்போது, கார்த்தி மற்றும் ஏழு பேர் மீது குற்றச்சாட்டுகளை பதிவு செய்ய நீதிபதி உத்தரவிட்டார். வழக்கில் இருந்து சேத்தன் ஸ்ரீவஸ்தவா மட்டும் விடுவிக்கப்பட்டார்.
ஐ.என்.எக்ஸ்., மீடியா மற்றும் ஏர்செல் - மேக்சிஸ் வழக்குகளில், கார்த்தி மீது அமலாக்கத் துறை விசாரணை நடத்தி வரும் நிலையில், தற்போது சீன விசா பணமோசடி வழக்கிலும் பெயர் சேர்க்கப்பட்டிருப்பது அவருக்கு சிக்கலை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது.
Court orders charges against Karti Chidambaram in Chinese visa case
December 23, 2025
A Delhi court on Tuesday ordered the framing of charges for criminal conspiracy and corruption against Congress MP Karti P Chidambaram and six others in connection with the Chinese visa scam case, saying there was a prima facie case against them.
In October 2024, the Central Bureau of Investigation had filed a charge sheet against Karti Chidambaram and others in connection with alleged bribery in facilitating visas of Chinese nationals for a power company, Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL), in 2011, when his father, P Chidambaram, was the Union home minister.
The court, however, discharged one accused, Chetan Shrivastava, saying there was no evidence against him.
Besides Karti Chidambaram, the Lok Sabha MP from Sivaganga, the CBI had named his alleged close associate and chartered accountant, S Bhaskararaman, Talawandi Sabo Power Ltd (TSPL), a subsidiary of Vedanta, and Mumbai-based Bell Tools, through which bribes were allegedly routed.
In a 98-page order, special judge Dig Vinay Singh underlined that at the stage of framing charges, a mini-trial was not required, and the court had to only consider whether the material collected by the investigating agency reflected a strong suspicion or a prima facie case against the accused persons.
"At this stage of framing the charge, the approver's statement must be accepted without questioning its authenticity, as that will be examined during trial. The material presented by the prosecution must be accepted at face value at this stage," the court said.
It said that no doubt the evidence of an accomplice was of tainted character and very weak, but the court could accept it as substantive evidence and enquire, provided it was materially corroborated.
Noting the allegations against Karti Chidambaram, the court said that the approver approached him in Chennai to obtain 800 additional Project Visas for TSPL, believing he had contacts in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) because of his father.
It noted that the approver allegedly met Karti Chidambaram and S Bhaskaraman in Karti's Chennai office in June 2011 to discuss the visa requirements, following which Karti Chidambaram instructed the approver to discuss the necessary details with Bhaskaraman.
The court said that, according to the allegations, Bhaskaraman subsequently demanded and obtained a bribe, and after a bribe of Rs 50 lakh was paid, the approver even called Karti Chidambaram to thank him, following which he affirmed that the payment had been received.
It noted that Chidambaram had allegedly received through emails a copy of the request letter sent by TSPL to the MHA, an attachment containing the request letter for visa reuse submitted by the approver, and the MHA approval letter for the re-use of visas.
These emails were sent or forwarded by his chartered accountant, the court said, noting the allegations.
It said, "The above-mentioned facts of Accused 2 (Karti Chidambaram) meeting the approver in the presence of Accused 1 (Bhaskaraman) at Chennai, and telling the approver to explain his requirement, followed by the subsequent demand and payment and telephonic conversations regarding receipt of amount, as well as exchange of crucial documents, are cited (by the CBI) as demonstrating a meeting of minds to achieve a common objective."
The court said that the conspiracy between both was evident, and the law did not require a conspirator to interact with every other conspirator.
It said that the recovery of the money from Chidambaram was not necessary at the present stage, nor was there any requirement to trace the alleged bribe amount.
"The defence arguments, including the claim that Accused 2 (Karti Chidambaram) did not read the emails, or that there is no substantiated proof of the alleged meeting in Chennai or the telephonic call, do not help his case, as the strong suspicion is supported by the approver's statements and the case against him is not based solely on email confirmation," the court said.
It said that other issues raised by the defence, including a lack of prior appointments, tickets, vouchers, location data, or the ability to collect call detail records (CDRs), had to be considered during the trial.
"The approver's statement makes it clear that accused 2 guided the approver to accused 1 to disclose his requirement and details, and thereafter, accused 1 demanded and received the bribe. The material establishes a strong suspicion against accused 2; therefore, his prayer for discharge is rejected," the court said.
It said "prima facie" there was sufficient material to frame charges against Karti Chidambaram for the substantive offence under IPC Sections 120 B (criminal conspiracy) and under Sections 8 (taking gratification, in order, by corrupt or illegal means, to influence a public servant) and 9 (taking gratification, for exercise of personal influence with public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
It also ordered framing similar charges against Bhaskararaman along with IPC Section 204 (destruction of document to prevent its production as evidence) for the alleged deletion of emails containing incriminating evidence.
The court also directed that charges be framed for the offence of criminal conspiracy and under PC Act provisions against TSPL, M/s Bell Tools Ltd, Viral Mehta, Anup Agarwal and Mansoor Siddiqi.
It, however, discharged the eighth accused, Chetan Shrivastava, saying there was no evidence to prove that he was involved in the conspiracy.
The court trashed the argument of the defence claiming absence of grave suspicion, saying, "It is not a case where the material suggests mere suspicion. Instead, it suggests grave suspicion about the conspiracy and the commission of an offence."
The court also said that it was not necessary for each conspirator to communicate with all others, nor was each conspirator required to know every detail of the scheme or to participate in every stage.
It said, "What is essential is that they agree on the design or purpose of the conspiracy."
Also rejecting the argument that there was no motive in the case, the court said, "Motive must be inferred from surrounding circumstances in a specific case, especially considering the context at the time the offence was committed, as in the present case."
"Direct evidence of motive is hard to obtain. The accused persons, particularly those from TSPL, only knew the driving force and motive for offering a bribe."
The court, however, said that the penal offences of cheating, forgery for cheating, using as genuine a forged document as genuine, and falsification of accounts were not made out in the case.
The CBI had filed the charge sheet after two years of probe into its FIR registered in 2022, where it had alleged that the Punjab-based TSPL was setting up a 1980 MW thermal power plant and the work was outsourced to Chinese company Shandong Electric Power Construction Corp (SEPCO).
The project was running behind schedule, and the company was allegedly facing the prospect of a penalty.
The CBI FIR, which contained findings of the investigating officer who undertook the preliminary inquiry, alleged that an executive of TSPL approached Karti Chidambaram through his "close associate/front man" Bhaskararaman.
"They devised a back-door way to defeat the purpose of the ceiling (maximum of project visas permissible to the company's plant) by granting permission to re-use 263 project visas allotted to the said Chinese company's officials," the agency had said after the registration of FIR and searches.
Project visas were a special type of visa introduced in 2010 for the power and steel sector, for which detailed guidelines were issued during P Chidambaram's tenure as home minister, but there was no provision for the re-issue of project visas, the FIR had alleged.
A TSPL executive allegedly submitted a letter to the home ministry on July 30, 2011, seeking approval to reuse the project visas allotted to his company, which was approved within a month and the permission was issued, the FIR had alleged.
"On August 17, 2011, the executive, on being directed by Bhaskararaman, sent a copy of the above letter dated July 30, 2011 to him through e-mail which was forwarded to Karti... Bhakaskararaman after discussion with P Chidambaram, the then home minister, demanded an illegal gratification of Rs 50 lakh for ensuring the approval," the FIR had alleged.
The FIR also alleged that the payment of the said bribe was routed from TSP to Karti Chidambaram and Bhaskararaman through Mumbai-based Bell Tools Ltd with payments camouflaged under two invoices raised for consultancy and out-of-pocket expenses for Chinese visas-related work.
The TSPL executive had later thanked Karti Chidambaram and Bhaskararaman on emai, it alleged.
Payment against the invoices was made by TSPL to Bell Tools Limited through cheque and then the said amount was paid in cash to Bhaskararaman, it had alleged.
'கஞ்சா' போதையில் (பள்ளி) 4மாணவர்கள் வெறியாட்டம் - ரீல்ஸ் எடுக்க வட மாநில இளைஞர் கொடூரமாக கத்தியால் வெட்டியுள்ளனர்
ஈவெரா மண்-ரவுண்ட் கட்டி வெட்டிய சிறுவர்கள்.. விட்டுடுங்க.. விட்டுடுங்க கதறிய வட மாநில இளைஞர்..!
திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டம் திருத்தணி அருகே, ரீல்ஸ் வீடியோ எடுப்பதற்காக கஞ்சா போதையில் இருந்த 4 சிறுவர்கள், வடமாநில இளைஞர் ஒருவரை கொடூரமாகத் தாக்கியுள்ளனர். இந்தத் தாக்குதல் வீடியோ இன்ஸ்டாகிராமில் பரவியதை அடுத்து 4 சிறுவர்களையும் கைது செய்துள்ளனர். 

திருவள்ளூர் மாவட்டம் திருத்தணி ரயில் நிலையம் அருகே கை, கால், தலை உள்ளிட்ட பல்வேறு இடங்களில் வெட்டு காயங்களுடன் ரத்த வெள்ளத்தில் வடமாநில இளைஞர் ஒருவர் உயிருக்கு போராடிக்கொண்டிருந்தார். இதுதொடர்பாக அப்பகுதி மக்கள் போலீசாருக்கு தகவல் தெரிவித்தனர். உடனே சம்பவ இடத்திற்கு விரைந்த போலீசார் பலத்த வெட்டு காயங்களுடன் உயிருக்கு போராடிக்கொண்டிருந்த மீட்டு திருத்தணி அரசு மருத்துவமனையில் அனுமதித்தனர்.
அங்கு முதலுதவி அளிக்கப்பட்டு மேல் சிகிச்சைக்காக திருவள்ளூர் அரசு மருத்துவமனைக்கு அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டார். அங்கு அவருக்கு ஐசியூவில் தீவிர சிகிச்சை அளிக்கப்பட்டு வருகிறது. இந்த சம்பவம் தொடர்பாக போலீசார் வழக்குப்பதிவு செய்து விசாரணை மேற்கொண்டு வந்தனர்.
அதில், வெட்டுப்பட்ட இளைஞர் மகாராஷ்டிரா மாநிலம், கோலாப்பூர் பகுதியை சேர்ந்த சுராஜ் (34) என்பது தெரியவந்தது. இவரை அதே ரயிலில் கஞ்சா போதையில் இருந்த கத்தியால் வெட்டியுள்ளனர்
இதை வீடியோ எடுத்து இன்ஸ்டாகிராம் பக்கத்தில் பதிவிட்டுள்ளனர். இந்த வீடியோ வைரலாக பரவி பெரும் பரபரப்பை ஏற்படுத்திய நிலையில், இதுகுறித்து திருத்தணி போலீசார் வழக்குப் பதிவு செய்து விசாரணை நடத்தினர். இந்த தாக்குதலில் ஈடுபட்ட நந்தகோபால் (17), விக்கி என்கின்ற விக்னேஷ் (17) சந்தோஷ் என்கின்ற குல்லு (17), சந்தோஷ் (17) உள்ளிட்ட 4 சிறுவர்கள் மீது கொலை முயற்சி வழக்கு, பொது இடங்களில் மக்களை அச்சுறுத்துதல் உள்ளிட்ட பிரிவுகளில் வழக்குகளில் பதிவு செய்து கைது செய்து சிறையில் அடைத்தனர்.
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