In the first FIR, CBI had alleged that Rai’s accounts saw transactions of more than Rs 100 crore during 2017-18, some of which, it said, indicate “pumping of tainted/ill-gotten money into the system”. (Express photo by Purushottam Sharma/Archives)The CBI has registered a fresh FIR against Upendra Rai, senior journalist and former editor and CEO of Sahara Media group and Tehelka. Unnamed officials of the Mumbai I-T office have also been named as accused in the FIR. In the first FIR, CBI had alleged that Rai’s accounts saw transactions of more than Rs 100 crore during 2017-18, some of which, it said, indicate “pumping of tainted/ill-gotten money into the system”. The CBI FIR alleged that one Rahul Sharma and former journalist Sanjay Snehi were used by Rai to park his “ill-gotten money”.

Source: Indian Express May 05, 2018 22:18 UTC