<p>CBI has again sent a reminder to Canadian authorities seeking questioning of Nazeer Karigar, a Canadian national who is a suspect in a case of alleged pay-off to an aide of a Union minister in UPA government in a USD 100-million Air India contract in 2007.<br /><br /></p>.<p>CBI sources said the agency has registered the case and dispatched Letters Rogatory, judicial requests to facilitate provision of information.<br /><br />They said judicial requests were dispatched in 2013 but only processed in part.<br />The sources said CBI is seeking examination of Karigar in the case which has not been possible even three years after the sending of judicial requests to Canada.<br /><br />It is alleged Karigar and unknown officials of Air India had entered a criminal conspiracy in the matter of floating and processing of tender for procurement of bio-metric passenger identification system for various airports of India for causing favour to a company CrypoMetrics during 2005-07.<br /><br />It is alleged that Karigar had also provided several crucial tender documents to the company even before it was floated by Air India.<br /><br />The contract was finally scrapped but CBI needs to question him to get to the bottom of the case, they said.<br /><br />The sources said agency sent the latest reminder in September this year.<br /><br />The case is likely to figure during talks of CBI Chief Anil Sinha and Bob Paulson of Royal Canadian Mounted Police who is visiting the country and will address annual D P Kohli memorial today.<br /><br />RCMP had approached the CBI through diplomatic channels informing them about the scandal and allegations made against Indo-Canadian businessman Nazir Karigar who claimed that he had paid a bribe of 250,000 dollars to an aide of a Minister in UPA government, official sources said.<br /><br />Air India had floated a tender in 2006 for computerised passenger face recognition biometrics system.<br /><br />Karigar had reportedly claimed that he had met the Minister through a senior police officer and allegedly paid the bribe amount to the minister's aide for pushing the contract in favour of his company.<br /><br />The Minister had rejected the allegations as baseless in his letter to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.<br /><br />The Minister had said the claims of bribery appeared to be "a perfect con job" by somebody trying to convince his company that he could deliver a contract if he is paid. <br /></p>
<p>CBI has again sent a reminder to Canadian authorities seeking questioning of Nazeer Karigar, a Canadian national who is a suspect in a case of alleged pay-off to an aide of a Union minister in UPA government in a USD 100-million Air India contract in 2007.<br /><br /></p>.<p>CBI sources said the agency has registered the case and dispatched Letters Rogatory, judicial requests to facilitate provision of information.<br /><br />They said judicial requests were dispatched in 2013 but only processed in part.<br />The sources said CBI is seeking examination of Karigar in the case which has not been possible even three years after the sending of judicial requests to Canada.<br /><br />It is alleged Karigar and unknown officials of Air India had entered a criminal conspiracy in the matter of floating and processing of tender for procurement of bio-metric passenger identification system for various airports of India for causing favour to a company CrypoMetrics during 2005-07.<br /><br />It is alleged that Karigar had also provided several crucial tender documents to the company even before it was floated by Air India.<br /><br />The contract was finally scrapped but CBI needs to question him to get to the bottom of the case, they said.<br /><br />The sources said agency sent the latest reminder in September this year.<br /><br />The case is likely to figure during talks of CBI Chief Anil Sinha and Bob Paulson of Royal Canadian Mounted Police who is visiting the country and will address annual D P Kohli memorial today.<br /><br />RCMP had approached the CBI through diplomatic channels informing them about the scandal and allegations made against Indo-Canadian businessman Nazir Karigar who claimed that he had paid a bribe of 250,000 dollars to an aide of a Minister in UPA government, official sources said.<br /><br />Air India had floated a tender in 2006 for computerised passenger face recognition biometrics system.<br /><br />Karigar had reportedly claimed that he had met the Minister through a senior police officer and allegedly paid the bribe amount to the minister's aide for pushing the contract in favour of his company.<br /><br />The Minister had rejected the allegations as baseless in his letter to the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.<br /><br />The Minister had said the claims of bribery appeared to be "a perfect con job" by somebody trying to convince his company that he could deliver a contract if he is paid. <br /></p>