24 November,2010 08:50 AM IST | | Mohit Sharma
That's the code word alleged Home Ministry informer Ravi Inder Singh used to describe paid sex
Not every IAS officer is a mere pencil-pusher. At least not Ravi Inder Singh. The Director in the Internal Security Division of the Home Ministry was formally arrested on Tuesday by the Delhi police's Special Cell. Initial probes indicate that Singh ran a commission racket demanding cash and sex from corporates in return for getting their files cleared. A broker, Vineet, was also arrested yesterday night, for being a co-conspirator.
No secret's safe: Ravi Inder Singh was allegedly selling classified
information from the Home Ministry to corporates. file pic
Sources in the MHA said that Singh was using five phones and all of them were being tapped, besides the broker's phone. "Four of the phones were allegedly given to Singh by Viniee on which they communicated," MHA sources said.
Sources further said that the conversation was always done in code words to avoid any problems. Singh referred to paid sex as 'software' and the hotel venue as 'hardware'. Words such as 'ladoo', 'gud' and 'prasad' would be used for money transactions.
"The broker was asking for a few crores from some corporate companies to get a specific job done," the MHA sources added.
Singh was detained on Monday evening following which searches were carried out at his office and residence.
"This is corporate snooping and clear violation of conduct rules. Whether it is a corruption case is to be examined. He has not been arrested yet and last night he was allowed to go after questioning.
Today he came back and is being questioned again. His property and bank balance, are being looked into but national security has not been compromised," top Home Ministry sources said.
| Talented man |
| "Singh was handling almost 5,000 security-related cases in four sectors of telecom, mining, shipping and surface transport and it is being investigated to whom he was leaking the information," sources said. |
