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CBI to send letters rogatory in duty drawback scam

The Central Bureau of Investigation would soon be sending letters rogatory (letters of request) to the United Kingdom and Dubai for the extradition of two brothers allegedly involved in the duty drawback scam to the tune of Rs 430 million.

Agency sources said that a request for the extradition of Virender Rastogi (currently in the United Kingdom) and Ravinder Rastogi (in Dubai) would be sent soon so that the entire amount involved in the case was traced.

The role of these two brothers came to light after the arrest of their elder brother Subhash Rastogi from Noida on Saturday.

The CBI, which has registered a total of 10 cases against the three brothers, has alleged that the trio had been taking duty drawbacks on export of cycle parts from the government.

However, when Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted a consignment of Allied Deals, owned by the three brothers, at madras airport, it was found that they were only exporting junk material out of the country.

The case came into light after the customs department in Bombay initiated a departmental enquiry against 18 of its officials for passing the consignment of the Allied Deals without any verification.

The Customs department had referred the matter of departmental action to Central Vigilance Commission, which in turn asked the CBI to probe the matter.

Subhash Rastogi, who had been hiding in Singapore for some years now, returned to the national capital only last week.

The CBI, which had been tailing him for the past one year after registering a case against him and his two brothers, arrested him from his house in Nodia on Saturday.

The Rastogi brothers had started a business of supplying cycle spare parts to Russia and Hong Kong and used to seek duty drawbacks from the government.

The CBI also alleged that the money involved could be more than Rs 430 million and the entire amount could come to light only after his other two brothers were nabbed.

The agency sources also claimed that the three brothers had siphoned off money out of the country, which could be found in due course of investigations.

Meanwhile, Rastogi, after being ordered for a transit remand by a local court in Noida, has been taken to Bombay to be presented before a special court.

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