Armed with a copy of forensic audit report on financial transactions of Tata Group, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy petitioned to CBI on Friday to conduct a probe on the ‘hawala transactions’ in Air Asia related business operations. The forensic audit report by Deloitte said that there was financial bungling of more than Rs 22 crore in connection with Air Asia operations involving payments linked to many dubious persons and entities.
“Recently I have had the opportunity to get a synopsis of the Forensic Audit Report carried out by Deloitte and on money flow emanating on the authority of Ratan Tata. I am enclosing a photocopy of the relevant two pages for your perusal.
“According to this, the Tata Sons under the leadership of Ratan Tata had engaged in corrupt hawala routed action with a Dubai based resident Hamid Reza Malakotipour, whom the US Government has classified as ‘A Specially Designated Global Terrorist’ for his suspected terrorist activities,” said Swamy in a letter to Rakesh Asthana, the acting CBI Director.
Recently, the Delhi High Court asked Tata group directors in Air Asia to produce the Forensic Audit report on Tata Group prepared by Deloitte as per the directions of Cyrus Mistry, the ousted chairman of Tata Sons. The audit report, which is believed to be more than 400 pages, is reported to have found several financial irregularities in the functioning Air Asia operations.