VIJAYAWADA � TUESDAY � FEBRUARY 21, 2017 � `4.00 � PAGES 16 � LATE CITY EDITION GULF NEW HOTSPOT, ARMS HUGE INCREASE IN WEST ASIA INDIA TOPS ARMS PURCHASE *ountries in the /est Asia and ,ulf monarchies saw their ■ !ndia is the largest importer of weapons in the world, 7.7% SALE ON A 26-YEAR HIGH shares jump from "- per cent to 01 per cent, much more accounting for "#$ of total purchase% &audi Ara'ia is next than that of 2urope 3"" per cent, down seven points4, the ■ (he U& is top weapons exporter with ## per cent market share, With big buys in the Gulf, global arms trade has Americas 35%6 per cent, down 0%7 percentage points4 and and along with )ussia, *hina, +rance and ,ermany accounts for RISE IN GLOBAL IMPORTS reached the highest point ever since Cold War era Africa 35%" per cent, down "%# points4 almost -. per cent of glo'al exports of heavy weapons COMPARED TO 2007-2011 PERIOD CHENNAI ■ MADURAI ■ VIJAYAWADA ■ BENGALURU ■ KOCHI ■ HYDERABAD ■ VISAKHAPATNAM ■ COIMBATORE ■ KOZHIKODE ■ THIRUVANANTHAPURAM ■ BELAGAVI ■ BHUBANESWAR ■ SHIVAMOGGA ■ TIRUCHY ■ TIRUPATI ■ MANGALURU ■ WARANGAL ■ DHARMAPURI CBI books its ex-chief AP Singh for graft Controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi, Emaar scam accused Pradeep Koneru also named; raids conducted in Hyd, Delhi, Chennai EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ New Delhi the nexus between Dureshi and the pub" mar whose complaint was also attached lic servants including /ingh ( a $3@ offi" with /ingh’s letter alleged that Dureshi @2 a first the $3@ on !onday conducted cial said adding that the 7@* was regis" took %huge money( from different per" ‘HYD dog is comi g !o D"#$i% searches at the residence of its former tered on a complaint from the sons for obtaining undue favours from chief Amar -ratap /ingh after register" #nforcement .irectorate. public servants and politicians holding EmaarscamaccusedPrasadKoneru’ssonPradeep’sBBMchats with Moin Qureshi ing a case against him for allegedly fa" /ingh a 1G:9"batch @-/ officer headed high offices. are revealing as are the latter’s chats with AP Singh and Satish of VANP ! companies vouring controversial meat exporter the agency between 2ovember =, 8,10 The #. has appended 88 33! messag" !oin Dureshi. Agency sources said a and 2ovember =, 8,18 during which a es which were exchanged between /ingh Pradeep: Madhu, dad and ! are #oin: &ir, please look into the issue ! *egular $ase A*$B e'uivalent to an 7@* in number of high profile cases like the 8G and Dureshi even after the retirement of in 8elhi tomm, can we meet spoke to you yesterday%%%% police parlance has been registered scam and coal scam were being probed. the former $3@ .irector. @n its complaint 'oss tomm% against /ingh Dureshi his employee The $3@ has based its *$ on the com" to the $3@ the #. has also attached 18 AP Sin'h& ! dont know Asif well enough Aditya /harma besides owner of Trimax plaint forwarded by the .irector #. 4ar" 33! messages allegedly exchanged be" #oin& ,8 afternoon to reBuest him directly 'ut ! know group of companies -radeep 4oneru and nal /ingh who alleged that in the course tween !oin and *aghini 3rar daughter people who know him well% :ut Pradeep& :oss in 2urope 'ack some'ody has to 'rief what the other unknown persons. of investigation in a 7oreign #xchange of /ingh. on 00nd% ?@8 dog is coming to The $3@ conducted searches at the !anagement Act A7#!AB case against %The data record including 33! mes" pro'lem is in detail% ! can fix the 8elhi, same fit as dad, &hit, premises of the four accused persons in A!D 6roup of companies owned by sages obtained from @ncome Tax contains meeting for (hursday% 'est place to go meet 'oss, is four cities E 2ew .elhi 6haziabad Amar Pratap Singh Dureshi it transpired that the business" various nefarious transactions indicat" 2urope% $hennai and Cyderabad. 3esides /ingh’s man was acting as a middleman for some ing therein that Dureshi has been liaison" #oin& U 'e careful new guy coming% residence the other premises searched The four accused persons have been public servants. ing and obtaining illegal money from #oin& ok sir included those of /harma Dureshi’s booked under various sections of the -re" @n his letter the #. chief attached various public persons for getting their Satish& ;8CC /ho sir not understand% company and that of -radeep 4oneru in vention of $orruption Act and 18,"3 records of 3lackberry chat messages ex" work done through public servants. 3e" 3(his was in April, 0A"# and the :ut this new guy is additional charge Cyderabad. 4oneru is also being probed Acriminal conspiracyB of the @ndian -enal changed between /ingh and Dureshi to sides these public servants have also ob" dog referred to in the chat was only% Dne more permanent guy will by the $3@ in connection with the dispro" $ode. %Dureshi was obtaining money allege that cognizable offences were com" tained illegal gratificationIpecuniary then *:! ;8 >akshminarayana, come nxt month as per my info. !s it portionate assets case against F/* $on" from various persons for getting favours mitted by the two in collusion with each gain either themselves or by their rela" who was pro'ing 2maar case4 correct%%% gress leader ;agan !ohan *eddy. from public servants. The *$ will probe other. #. Assistant .irector Arun 4u" tives ( the #. complaint alleged. /T."n0+ to ",,,- F n5 n + tt n' on n1o on 4"*t -+ *#"$+ ,#tt#* 1*o2 +," n RTI 1o*# 'n %"n0 "!!o7nt+8 S9"2& EXPRESSNEWSSERVI CE pore for past several years. #n" "!t 3 +t-+ +. *t @ New Delhi forcement .irectorate A#.B has already found that 4arthi’s com" /#TT@26 off a political bomb pany $hess !anagement re" EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Nellore senior 3;- leader /ubramanian ceived two lakh dollars from /wamy on !onday released a list three !axis 6roup subsidiaries %@--AT@ varaku sahakarinchi of 81 Jsecret’ bank accounts alleg" after AhisB father $hidambaram andariki krutagnatalu Athanks to edly held by 4arti $hidambaram, illegally approved 7@-3 clear" all who supported meB ( read a son of former 7inance Minister ance ( he alleged. *est of the ac" letter police recovered from the - $hidambaram and his compa" counts /wamy claimed are at Blames his pocket of - )eerabhadraiah the nies. $laiming the details were various foreign banks like 3ar" partymen *T@ activist who was found dead unearthed a few months back clays in !onaco /tandard $har" Karti has to 'e on a railway track here in the wee during a probe by the .6 A@nves" tered in /ingapore C/3$ in U4, prosecuted under hours of /unday. tigationB of @ncome Tax depart" .eustche 3ank in 7rance U3/ in )eerabhadraiah who was vo" ment in $hennai he said Jno ac" /witzerland and &ells 7argo in &ection "# 3"43d4 cal about irregularities in the tion has been ordered yet by the $alifornia among others. 3iii4 of Prevention *ed $ross /ociety of 2ellore dis" 7inance !inistry’. /wamy’s claims if proven of *orruption Act trict and the 6overnment $ancer /wamy claimed that 4arti held true could come as a major blow along with his Cospital managed by the body, a personal account in the !etro to $hidambaram family as 4arti father Mr 9 stuck to his convictions despite 3ank U4 A2o 1>:19=1=B for the has not declared any foreign bank *hidam'aram% death threats. last several years and he had not accounts in the affidavit filed !nstead, the :;9 in Ce had lodged complaints with declared the same in his annual with the #lection $ommission the )& has tried to the /ociety’s chairman and .is" statements filed with the @T de" when he contested the 5ok /abha push through an trict $ollector * !uthyala *aju partment till date. %Cis company elections in 8,19. /ubramanian Amendment :ill thrice over the past few months, Advantage /trategic $onsulting, /wamy also lashed out at Jcer" to delete this very however no action was taken WEAVING HOPES which received kickbacks in tain’ 3;- leaders who are trying section, so that based on the allegations. theAircel"!axis scam has four to dilute the -revention of $or" they can go scot< /peaking to Express one of his Actor-cum-politico and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan with weavers in Vijayawada on Monday | P RAVIN RA BAB! | P5 accounts in ?$3$ 3ank in /inga" ruption Act. free close friends said three members of the *ed $ross /ociety one of whose properties were raided by @T sleuths were involved in mis" appropriation of funds sanc" tioned by the government. Though it is mandatory to obtain 4ONASEE5A FESTI6AL CANCELLED approvals from the /ociety to Intox !"t#$ %& '"n(", to))#* make any purchases including EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Kakinada nath $ommittee’s visit and road dals and flying s'uads comprising e'uipment 6overnment $ancer widening < development works police and revenue officials have Cospital authorities spent the #)#2 as the state #lection $om" have also been halted. As !arch =1 been set up to keep a check on the +t"''#*#$ nto AU ' *,+- .o+t#, funds as per their whims. mission announced the dates for is the deadline for several govern" district. %The offenders who have politi" the !5$ elections and the #lection ment schemes and programmes it /pecial videographing teams too cal support threatened him with $ode of $onduct came into force, is unlikely that the projects will fin" have been deployed to capture on Six EXPRESS NEWS SERVI CE @ Visakhapatnam dire conse'uences if he spoke up the #ast 6odavari district adminis" ish on time. camera any wrongdoing in the against them ( the friend said, tration on !onday cancelled the To monitor all election"related mandals.