Ordnance scam: MoD notice to 4 foreign, 3 Indian firms

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has issued show-cause notices to the four foreign and three Indian armament companies to explain why they should not be blacklisted after being named in the CBI FIR against former Ordnance Factories Board (OFB) chief Sudipto Ghosh in a corruption case in May 2009.

The foreign firms in the dock are Israeli Military Industries (IMI), Singapore Technology, BBT Poland and Media Architects Singapore , while the Indian ones are HYT Engineering, T S Kissan & Co and R K Machine Tools.
Defence minister A K Antony, in a written reply to Lok Sabha on Monday, said CBI had issued chargesheet to Ghosh, T S Kissan and R K Machine Tools, among others, till now.

“In respect of other companies, the CBI report indicates there is prima facie or circumstantial evidence of payment of illegal gratification to Ghosh. The matter is under investigation,” he said.