Yogi's email id created by NSE ex-GOO Subramanian: CBI

The CBI Friday claimed that the emailid through which the mysterious Yogi guided former NSE MD and CEO Chitra Ramkrishna arrested in the colocation scam was allegedly created by her favoured Group Operating Officer Anand Subramanian a finding which could lift the veil of the unknown YogiThe central probe agency is also looking into the visit of Subramanian and Ramkrishna to tax haven Seychelles which finds mention in the email exchanges between Ramkrishna and the mysterious Yogi the agency told a special CBI court on Friday The CBI probe is now focussing whether the email id rigyajursamaoutlookcom allegedly created by Subramanian also behind bars in the scam was used by him or someone else was operating the account they saidSubramanian was allegedly referred to as the yogi in the forensic audit but the SEBI in its final report had rejected the claim The CBI had on Friday told the special court that Subramanian was the Yogi which was contested by his lawyers The agency also told the special court that Ramkrishnarsquos and Subramanians trip to Seychelles is being looked into The agency believes that it was not an innocuous leisure trip and that it needs a thorough investigation they saidThe Securities and Exchange Board of India Sebi on February 11 had charged Ramkrishna and others with alleged governance lapses in the appointment of Subramanian as the chief strategic advisor and his redesignation as group operating officer and advisor to MD In its report the SEBI has also mentioned an email conversation of Ramkrishna with the mysterious Yogi suspected to be Subramanian mentioning about a trip to SeychellesUnknown person had written to Ramkrishna on February 17 2015keep bags ready I am planning to travel to Seychelles next month will try if you can come with me it said The agency meanwhile is focussing on retrieving the email exchanges between Ramkrishna and rigyajursamaoutlookcom they said Ramkrishna who succeeded former CEO Ravi Narain in 2013 had appointed Subramanian as her advisor who was later elevated as group operating officer GOO at a fat pay cheque of Rs 421 crore annually they saidSubramanians controversial appointment and subsequent elevation besides crucial decisions were guided by an unidentified person who Ramkrishna claimed was a formless ldquomysterious yogirdquo dwelling in the Himalayas a probe into her email exchanges during the Sebiordered audit had showed In her statement to Sebi Ramkrishna had said that the unknown person having email id rigyajursamaoutlookcom was a Sidhapurusha or paramhansa who did not have a physical persona and could materialise at will Most of these email exchanges were destroyed and the computer systems used to send these emails were scrapped after the exit of Ramkrishna in 2016 they saidThe CBI is likely to approach Microsoft the service provider to know if these email exchanges can be retrieved to get a clearer picture they said The central probe agency which was probing the colocation scam since 2018 against a Delhibased stock broker had swung into action after a Sebi report showed alleged abuse of power by the then top brass of the NSE the officials said Ramkrishna got elevated as MD and CEO on April 1 2013 and left the bourse in 2016It was during this period that colocation was started by NSE the CBI has alleged In the colocation facility offered by NSE brokers could place their servers within the stock exchange premises giving them faster access to the markets It is alleged that some brokers in connivance with insiders abused the algorithm and the colocation facility to make windfall profitsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever