New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday "examined" leading Delhi-based cardiologist and Batra Hospital Chairman Upendra Kaul here in the ongoing terror funding case registered by the agency in 2017.
"Kaul was summoned as a witness. He was examined today (Friday)," said a senior NIA official requesting anonymity.
According to the officer, Kaul was examined in the terror funding case on the basis of electronic evidence.
The NIA's move followed Kaul's criticism of the Centre's decision of abrogating the Constitution's Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and an SMS exchange with Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik, who is in Delhi's Tihar jail in the terror funding case.
It is learnt that the NIA may have mistaken the blood report value for "hawala money".
One of the messages said "Blood Report Value INR 2.78" - INR being Internationalised Normalised Ratio.
Sources said that NIA may have interpreted INR as Indian rupees, and so, assumed "Rs. 2.78 crore in hawala money".
Kaul was questioned over half and hour and then allowed to go, said the sources.
Currently chairman of Batra Heart Centre, Kaul established cardiology units at several hospitals in the government and private sector, including at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and the Fortis chain of hospitals.
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mamatha, mangalore
Sat, Aug 31 2019Internationalised Normalised Ratio...?
ha ha new normal.?
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VISHNU BHAT, bangalore
Sat, Aug 31 2019shows up the gross incompetence of the NIA investigators.
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Af,,, MANGALORE
Sat, Aug 31 2019Ridiculous. NIA never interrogate any bjp political party members .very strange.
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Prashanth, Manglore
Sat, Aug 31 2019Those who batting against abrogation of article 370 in Kashmir are non other enemies of our country,who ever they may be.
Good lesson to this kaul same need to be applied to all those traitors.
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netizen, Mangaluru
Sat, Aug 31 2019If you question govt. you will be landed in jail. Democracy gradually getting succumbs and heading towards dictatorship. BTW NIA already has lost its credibility in many cases.
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Prashant Karkera, Hejamady/Mumbai
Sat, Aug 31 2019In all the airports in United States, they detain and strip search people based on their names, it is still not implemented in India ....
NIA is always pro-active in nature, cannot take any risk in national security ....
Nation has seen ferocious terror attacks in the previous .... Those feeling humiliated are free to migrate to any peace loving countries ....
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netizen, Mangaluru
Sat, Aug 31 2019India paying the price now in the form of worst economy crisis for not showing the doors to those rejected tricolours colors and whose role during independence struggle was almost zero.
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H. Almeida., Bendur/Andheri
Sat, Aug 31 2019Enemies of our nation, are beyond and are active, within our borders. The poisonous snakes, residing on our soil, are far more potent and are primarily responsible for the unrest, turmoil, turbulence, in our society........ Better to be safe, rather then be very sorry !!!!!!!!!
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Ronald D, Udupi
Sat, Aug 31 2019Desperate! So also our bhajarangi friends! Hatred mongers? All want some kind of benefit?
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Jossey Saldanha, Nashville
Fri, Aug 30 2019Embarrassing ...
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Suresh, Ixe
Fri, Aug 30 2019Better safe than sorry...
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Jossey Saldanha, Nashville
Fri, Aug 30 2019You cannot Interrogate any Tom Dick or Harry ...
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Sanjay, Hebri
Fri, Aug 30 2019So what? You should be proud of NIA for their alertness.
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Manohar, Mangalore
Sat, Aug 31 2019If it was done at UPA regine then it would have been "hindutwa is in danger"
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Prashant Karkera, Hejamady
Fri, Aug 30 2019See who all started talking about embarrassment
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Jossey Saldanha, Nashville
Fri, Aug 30 2019Now who became an Idiot ...
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pradeep, mangalore
Fri, Aug 30 2019GDP growth rate at 6 year low,now 5% as predicted by Manmohan Singh who is educated from Harvard.
Very embarrassing.
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AD, Mangaluru
Fri, Aug 30 2019Govt. seems to be on tenterhooks since abrogation of article 370.
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Narendra Kumar, Mangalore
Fri, Aug 30 2019And Pakistan seems to be with cold blooded war with India and going all out it's ways to tarnish India's reputation with International Community!
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Sanjay, Hebri
Sat, Aug 31 2019Looks like someone more is tentatively nervous as uniform civil code is coming.
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