Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, probing the National Stock Exchange (NSE) fraud, now have NSE's former group operating officer Anand Subramanian's laptop under their lens.
Contacted by IANS, the officials were tight-lipped yet revealed that they were trying to get new facts.
Sources privy to the probe conveyed that the CBI is currently working on two lines—they are trying to recover a laptop which was reportedly destroyed by Subramanian. If this was actually destroyed, then they will try to recover the data.
"A laptop was being used by Subramanian. It was later said to be destroyed by him. This was the same laptop which was being used to exchange emails between Ramkrishna and mysterious Himalayan yogi. We are trying to find if it was actually destroyed or not. We are trying to recover it. We are also making efforts to recover saved data of the laptop from Google Cloud," a source privy to Investigation said.
This laptop will play a crucial role in the investigation of the case. CBI only know the IP address of the emails of Himalaya Yogi. Now, they want device which was being used by him.
CBI has been making efforts to find fresh clues to reach to a conclusion about the identity of the mysterious Himalayan yogi, with whom classified information were shared by then NSE managing director and chief executive officer (MD and CEO) Chitra Ramkrishna.
It was learnt that the forensic report of Ernest and Young (E&Y) held that Mr Subramanian could be the mysterious yogi. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had, however, denied this.
The agency, who arrested Mr Subramanian on 24th February night and were given his custody till 6th March, is still grilling him to ascertain whether he was the mysterious yogi or not.
It is trying to corroborate the evidence collected with the questioning of Mr Subramanian.
Recently, the SEBI had imposed a fine of Rs3 crore on Ramkrishna, following the market regulator finding that allegedly shared vital inputs about the NSE with the
yogi. "Information regarding organisational structure, dividend scenario, financial results, human resource policies and related issues, response to regulator, etc., were shared by her with the
yogi," said the source. Between 2014 and 2016 she sent emails at
[email protected].
On April 1, 2013, Ms Ramakrishna became the CEO and MD of NSE. She brought Subramanian to NSE in 2013.
Mr Subramanian was made the chief strategic advisor of NSE. He served at this post between 2013 and 2015 before being made group operations officer and advisor to the MD between 2015 and 2016, despite having no exposure to the capital market.
Previously working as a mid-level manager in Balmer and Lawrie, he had seen his salary increased from Rs15 lakh to Rs1.68 crore annually, and then to Rs4.21 crore.
Mr Subramanian quit the NSE in October 2016 and Ms Ramakrishna in December 2016. CBI took up the probe in 2018.
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