Radia Tapes: CBI registers 8 fresh PEs

CBI today registered eight more preliminary enquiries (PEs) in connection with issues related to intercepted phone calls of lobbyist Niira Radia against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and others in separate cases.
A PE looking into alleged irregularities in the allotment of iron ore mines at Ankua, Singhbhum district of Jharkhand to Tata steel has been initiated, CBI sources said, adding Koda, who is out on bail in a corruption case, and unknown officials of Jharkhand government have been named as accused.
Tata Steel spokesperson said it was too early to respond.
The sources said another PE has been registered against the then Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) V K Sibal, RIL and other unknown persons in connection with alleged favours shown by the DGH to RIL and the quid-pro-quo. Sibal did not respond to messages seeking his reaction.

RIL spokesperson declined to comment.
A PE has also been started in connection with alleged working of touts and middlemen and kickbacks in the aviation sector in against Radia, Ramesh Nambiar, a former Air India official, Deepak Talwar and unknown officials of Ministry of Civil Aviation.

Another PE has also been intiated against Radia into alleged market manipulation and hammering of stocks of Unitech.
Radia's spokesperson also declined to comment.
Unitech spokesperson said,"We are pleased to learn that Supreme Court has ordered a CBI enquiry into hammering of stock of Unitech. In October 2008, widespread malicious rumours were being spread about the financial health of our company, possibly by the bear cartels or market operators who had vested interest in making short term gains.