CBI questions Fernandes on Barak missile deal
George Fernandes was questioned by the CBI recently in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of seven Barak missiles worth Rs 1150 crore from Israel.
By PTI |
NEW DELHI: Former Defence Minister George Fernandes was questioned by the CBI recently in connection with alleged irregularities in the purchase of seven Barak missiles worth Rs 1150 crore from Israel.
The CBI officials visited the residence of ailing Fernandes, who was Defence Minister in NDA government, on two separate occasions and asked him questions as to why the deal of purchase of Barak Missile Systems was pushed despite reservations expressed by the then Cabinet Committee on Security, official sources here said today.
He was also asked why the advice of the then Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, who had objected to the purchase of the missiles, was not presented before the CCS.
Fernandes, the then Navy Chief Admiral Susheel Kumar and chief of now-defunct Samata Party Jaya Jaitley were named in the FIR lodged by CBI in 2006.
The CBI officials visited the residence of ailing Fernandes, who was Defence Minister in NDA government, on two separate occasions and asked him questions as to why the deal of purchase of Barak Missile Systems was pushed despite reservations expressed by the then Cabinet Committee on Security, official sources here said today.
He was also asked why the advice of the then Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, who had objected to the purchase of the missiles, was not presented before the CCS.
Fernandes, the then Navy Chief Admiral Susheel Kumar and chief of now-defunct Samata Party Jaya Jaitley were named in the FIR lodged by CBI in 2006.
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