New Delhi: Arrested Technology consultant Pritin Sanyal - who is under the scanner of I-T Department - impersonated Nripendra Mishra, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources in the government said on Thursday.
He was arrested by the Delhi police and further investigation is going on.
It was learnt that Sanyal's house was raided several times between June and July by the I-T department in New Delhi, NCR, Kolkata and Lucknow. In one of the raids on June 2, a Russian girl (22) was rescued from Sanyal's house at up-market Safdarjung Enclave residence.
Scared with the raid, the girl slashed her wrist, prompting the tax officials to lodge a police complaint and inform the Russian Embassy. Later, she left the country.
"Sanyal had taken her (Russian girl) passport in possession. When we searched the house, she slit her wrist with a knife," I-T department sources said.
During investigations, I-T sleuths found that Sanyal was impersonating Mishra to get his job done in the ministries. His cell phone was seized during the raid and the I-T officials are trying to retrieve the call details to get more leads.
Sanyal had taken a SIM card in the name of his servant (reportedly saved as Nripendra Mishra) and used to show messages to senior government officials to prove that the text messages are from Mishra.
Sanyal owns 14 properties in India and the officials are trying to find out whether black money has been used to purchase these properties or not.
Sources revealed that he also used to claim himself as RSS ideologue. He used to be in touch with senior government officials in powerful positions including CBDT Chairman Atulesh Jindal, police sources said.
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