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| Radhakrishnan slams Nair, claims Antrix probe done |
| Press Trust of India / Bangalore Feb 06, 2012, 18:29 IST |
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The Isro row intensified today with the space agency chief K Radhakrishnan refuting the charge by his predecessor G Madhavan Nair that no enquiry was conducted on the findings of an official report on the Antrix-Devas deal.
"It [the enquiry] was done," Radhakrishnan, also the Secretary in the Department of Space, who has come under persistent scathing attack from Nair, told PTI.
Nair along with three other scientists were barred from holding any government post following their indictment over the deal.
Radhakrishnan said the detailed letter of the Pratyush Sinha-chaired high level committee listing out the "charges, lapses and irregularities" had been sent to Nair and seven other officials.
The DoS on Saturday night made public the report of the High Powered Review Committee (HPRC) which reviewed the technical, commercial, procedural and financial aspects of the Antrix-Devas deal, and conclusions and recommendations of the High Level Team (HLT) without putting out the full text.
Terming findings in the five-member HLT, which identified acts of omission and commission by government officials, as "serious allegations", Nair yesterday questioned the DoS for not conducting an enquiry into them.
Slamming last month's action to bar him and three other scientists from Government jobs as "witch-hunt", Nair had also alleged that Radhakrishnan is behind the move.
According to an Isro statement released on Saturday, seven of the eight scientists, including Nair, had replied to the HLT's detailed letters sent in July last seeking clarifications on their involvement in various lapses and issues, including those pointed out by HPRC.
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