Why brahmos.com website is down for 48 hours? What data they want to erase from it? Is it some recruitment data or contract data for some particular RFP?
If you search company info of
CIN: U58201TS2026PTC212473
The Corporate Identification Number (CIN) U58201TS2026PTC212473 belongs to VISHRA DEFENCE AND AEROSPACE PRIVATE LIMITED.
Key Company Details:
Company Name: Vishra Defence and Aerospace Private Limited
As per official Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) filings, the company was incorporated with the following directors:
Nuka Venkata Sai Tarun (Appointed on March 9, 2026)
Chandra Sekhar Regonda (Appointed on March 9, 2026)
Who is in BrahMos is related to Director Nuka Venkata Sai Tarun
Can you guess ?
What allegations have been there in the letter addressed to NSA Sir regarding wrongdoings in BrahMos?
Why a key portfolio of Naval design and Army Custoner is being assigned to a rookie scientist E on deputation which is going to vacant due to tenure completion of Director Design who is ex DG R&M, although as per earlier succesion planning, a much more efficient retired Commodore was recruited one year back as Chief General Manager.
Why the Management suddenly change the promotion policy just before Appraisal this year.
What is J R Joshi is putting in his next Board Meeting Agenda?
Why did J.R. Joshi, reportedly with the assistance of journalists trusted by BrahMos, suddenly choose to give an interview making sweeping claims while leveraging the significance of Operation Sindoor—a mission witnessed by the entire nation and the world?
Why “matter under investigation” is showing some intresting facts of removal of Chairmen and a member alongwith alleged involvement of JR Joshi’s old aides like Ex BDL Director Finance Mr. Nukka Shrivastava??? it is alleged that their companies like Vishra Defence and another company of Ex empolyee of BrahMos Mr. Rajat Verma (connected with Gp Capt Malay Srivastava) has some linkage into it??
While the government and the public have duly acknowledged BrahMos’s contributions, J.R. Joshi conspicuously failed to mention any of his own contributions in that interview.
Furthermore, the issues raised concerning production costs pertain to a period before Joshi joined the organisation in 2024.
A detailed account of Joshi’s actions following his arrival in 2024 was submitted by his colleague, Col. B
ishnu Ram, to Additional Secretary Mr. Amit Negi, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), and National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval on September 29, 2026.
Recognising the gravity of the allegations, the officials forwarded the matter to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for investigation.
However, amid concerns over the apparent institutional overlap between the MoD and DRDO, instead of constituting an independent inquiry committee, the matter was reportedly referred back to BrahMos itself.
In the interview conducted on October 22, the significance and achievements of BrahMos were extensively highlighted. Yet Joshi once again refrained from mentioning any of his own achievements—raising legitimate questions about the purpose and timing of the interview.
On October 23, Group Captain Srivastava, described as a key lieutenant of J.R. Joshi, reportedly brought Col. Bishnu Ram to BrahMos and, in Joshi’s presence, pressured him into signing an undertaking acknowledging that he had not written that letter while signature on the letter is correct.
The sequence of events raises serious concerns about the handling of the matter and whether the process is intended to establish the facts or simply to bring the controversy to a quiet conclusion.
If these developments are substantiated, they would warrant serious scrutiny. The apparent attempt to resolve the matter internally, rather than through an independent investigation, risks undermining confidence in the process and raises questions about institutional accountability.
If these documents and allegations eventually come into the public domain, how will the Defence Secretary and Mr. Amit Negi answer to the nation?
The nation deserves transparency, accountability, and an impartial investigation—particularly when documentary evidence is reportedly available to support the allegations.
The central question remains: Will the authorities pursue the facts independently, or will this matter be allowed to disappear behind closed doors?
BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited is presently being operated like a private or arbitrarily run business, disregarding its vision, mission, and national security interests. As I raised in my recent information blog wherein I placed proofs of Board of Directors meeting agenda to remove DG MSS from Board.
News has just emerged that BDL has appointed Dr. Jagannath Nayak as a Government Nominee on its Board of Directors. This appointment reflects the Government’s policy to ensure the missile-related production units can access the infrastructure and expertise of the DRDO missile complex and continue to receive strategic guidance from the missile complex scientific community through DG (MSS).
Meanwhile, recently by removing the DG (MSS) from the Board of Directors at BrahMos, what exactly is J.R. Joshi trying to prove? J R Joshi has actually hit the very basic premises of genesis of Brahmos from its foundation itself. The Brahmos was raised with his strong R&D pillars as DRDO from Indian side and NPOM from Russian side which has created so many versions of Brahmos over last 25 years. For the same purpose of having DRDO missile complex by its side, visionaries like Dr. Kalam and Dr. A S Pillai has kept DG MSS in Board of Directors. Now by removing DG MSS, does J R Joshi want to prove that he is having bigger vision than of Dr. Kalam or Dr. Pillai, or he just doesn’t bother for. Or he is having an only objection to derail Brahmos program in coming years??
Is he genuinely committed to making BrahMos more productive and strengthening its strategic capabilities, or is he steering the organisation towards institutional decline? Such actions raise serious questions about whose interests J.R. Joshi is actually serving and whether those interests align with India’s national interests.
Evidence of ever-increasing corruption during his tenure spanning multiple locations, from Lucknow BrahMos to Hyderabad, Nagpur, Pilani, and the Philippines—will soon come to light. We remain confident that swift and decisive action will be taken regarding the information that has reached the PMO.
We firmly believe that the PMO is closely monitoring the alleged nexus operating within the Ministry of Defence and BrahMos, involving certain DRDO corporate directors. The gravity of these concerns demands transparency, accountability, and an impartial investigation to safeguard the integrity of India’s defence establishment and its strategic missile programmes.
The ecosystem starts becoming derailed, and if it is not looked into timely, it may collapse one fine day.
Since the last 93 days, DRDO has been nose-diving day by day.
Every day, an incompetent group of corporate DGs is making their own rules and raising files for their own benefits.
When they see an opportunity for a DS post, they direct it to the Director, RAC, Mr. RP Pandey, who was planted by DG HR. How did he manage to ensure that the 8th-ranked seniority officer, Parteek Kishor, became the Chairman of the selection committee for Director RAC and selected Pande from his own cluster while avoiding Atul Dev, who was waiting in the queue for Director RAC.
The whole DRDO knows about these manipulations. This happened because the entire match-fixing was done by the same manipulation-oriented group.
This parachuted RAC Director raised a file for four DS posts and, interestingly, without knowing the meaning of DS (Distinguished Scientist)—an elite researcher who is widely recognized for major career achievements, leadership, and groundbreaking discoveries in their academic or industrial field.
Out of four:
1. Mayank Diwedi, DG HR MSc, 56% in Organic Chemistry, with no criteria matching the above definition. No major international papers, and even the experience certificates were reportedly not verified at the time of his mysterious selection as Scientist C in RCI.
31 number in the DS seniority list.
2. J. R. Joshi, DG BrahMos His selection is also entangled in a legal case and is serving under a High Court stay. His claims of being a “best scientist” have already been nullified by the CAT, and his plea was quashed. His other qualities also do not appear to fit the definition of a Distinguished Scientist.
40 number in the DS seniority list.
3. Ravindra Singh, DG (R&M) He is a DRDO Facebook guy.
Why is it that if you search for any DRDO scientist, their name is associated with IITs, universities, research papers, conferences, etc.? This man has Facebook posts or DRDO Twitter posts, with several occasions involving political presence. So, you can imagine his frog-like growth in DRDO.
34 number in the DS seniority list.
4th name is a senior scientist from the list of first 8 names in the seniority list, apparently only to justify that their corporate group has left 25% for the real scientists while they are willing to get the remaining “butter” with the help of bureaucrats and political allies. Sitting in Delhi, they can easily bluff them by portraying achievements that actually came from various DRDO Labs.
The GOI constituted the Raghavan Committee to restructure DRDO and make it more productive. Unfortunately, even before the committee’s recommendations could be implemented, a group of corporate-minded DGs and directors appears to be building strongholds within DRDO, enabling them to run the organization in their own way.
Hope DS List will be recommended from MoD, ACC in the basis of Scientific Contribution and achievements.
The time has come for the responsible authorities to look beyond files, designations, and internal networks and ask the most important question:
Are we rewarding scientific excellence—or rewarding proximity to power?
DRDO cannot afford to lose its scientific soul.
India needs a DRDO where merit speaks louder than influence, science speaks louder than politics, and national interest stands above every individual interest.
There is a particular kind of silence that settles over an institution when it stops being managed and starts merely being administered. That silence has now hung over DRDO for months. An organisation tasked with the country’s missile systems, its aeronautical programmes, its strategic technology base, has been running without a dedicated chief since the start of June — and the closest thing to an explanation the public has received is a bureaucratic holding pattern.
It is observing by all national mind peoples that how serios GOI looking DRDO fate.
This is not a minor administrative gap. It is a signal.
In Jan 2024, the MOD (Ministry of Defence), acting under the direction of the PMO, constituted the Raghavan Committee to overhaul DRDO. The mandate was serious: an organisation with a well-documented record of missed timelines needed structural reform, not another internal review.
What followed instead was a familiar bureaucratic reflex. Subcommittees were formed to study the committee’s findings. Those subcommittees spawned further subcommittees. Officer Scientist and Distinguished Scientist-level personnel — among the most senior technical talent in the country — were pulled into cycles of review, re-review, and internal consultation that consumed months and, by extension, crores of public money.
Where did it go? That is not a rhetorical question. It is one the Ministry of Defence and the PMO owe the country a direct answer to. If the recommendations were implemented, where is the documentation of that implementation? If they were shelved, on whose authority, and why was the public never told?
If public want to see the effort of senior DRDO scientists with respect of Raghavan Committee, it can be only possible to see the dustbin of DRDO, MOD and PMO.
Silence is not an acceptable substitute for accountability on a reform effort of this scale.
The facts here are not in dispute. Dr. Samir V. Kamat’s tenure as DRDO Chairman ended with his retirement on 31 May 2026 with two year unfruitful extension. In his place, the Defence Secretary was handed additional charge — a stopgap measure explicitly described as temporary, pending a “regular” appointment.
The Ministry interviewed five shortlisted candidates for the post on 3 July 2026. That was over six weeks ago. As of this writing, DRDO remains without a permanent chairman.
An organisation responsible for the country’s strategic technology base has now gone more than two and a half months without a dedicated head, through a selection process the government itself initiated and has still not concluded. If this is efficiency, the Ministry should explain what inefficiency would look like. If there is a legitimate reason for the delay, the public — and the scientists working under this uncertainty — deserve to hear it stated plainly, not left to infer it from silence.
Beyond the vacancy itself, a pattern has been alleged by scientists and observers within and around the organization — one that the Ministry has never publicly addressed:
Why have promotions and appointments within DRDO’s leadership repeatedly drawn allegations of being steered toward a particular network, rather than decided strictly on domain expertise and merit?
Why has a senior appointment reportedly moved a person with a missile-technology background into a post overseeing aeronautical systems — a shift that, on its face, invites the question of whether technical fit was the deciding factor?
Currently the blessed lobby manipulating the promotions and appointments without justifying like DG MSS no field of missile technology and who is man of missile become DG Aero what a joke but it is only possible in DRDO because 56% MSC chemistry is responsible to manipulating this, and his other qualification and experiences at the time of joining can verified from office of The AFHq, CO, A1B.
What is the status of the police complaint reportedly pending with Uttarakhand Police over the printing of a national flag upside down on an official publication? A pending complaint is a matter of public record, not a private matter — the public is entitled to know its status.
How many honest scientists have raised concerns internally, only to find their careers stalled rather than their concerns investigated? And how many court cases now exist as a result? Only way to see the great achievements, please go through the agencies reports silently.
None of this is cynicism for its own sake. It is a demand for the basic mechanics of accountable governance: that a reform committee’s findings be published and acted on, not buried; that a leadership vacancy at a strategic institution be filled with urgency, not left to drift; and that allegations of favoritism and credential fraud, once raised, be either formally investigated and closed, or shown to be baseless — not simply left to hang over the institution indefinitely.
DRDO does not need another committee. It needs an answer to the ones it has already commissioned. JAI HIND.
The appointment of the Director General (DG) of BrahMos became the subject of a prolonged legal dispute after concerns were raised regarding the selection process.
Sivan Subramanyam, the senior-most Distinguished Scientist (DS) in DRDO, challenged the appointment before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), contending that the prescribed selection procedure had not been followed. After examining the matter, the CAT directed the DRDO Secretary to revisit the appointment process and conduct a fresh selection in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures.
Instead of implementing the Tribunal’s directions, the DRDO Secretary challenged the CAT order before the Hon’ble High Court of Telangana at Hyderabad. After extensive hearings, the final arguments were concluded on 8 July, and the matter now awaits judgment.
Throughout this legal battle, one individual stood firmly for the cause of justice—Advocate Shri Srinivas Chamarthy. Despite the complexity and significance of the case, he rendered his legal services without accepting a single penny in professional fees. His commitment to the rule of law, fairness, and institutional integrity reflects exceptional dedication and selfless service.
This case is not merely about one appointment; it concerns adherence to established procedures, transparency in public institutions, and the principle that every public authority must remain accountable to the rule of law.
Other squadrons reported frequent unserviceability of mobile surface-to-air Akash Missile system and long duration downtime, which means that the missiles are dysfunctional and may not be cocked and loaded against enemy in contingency
Several government agencies, including missile manufacturer Bharat Dynamics Limited, Bharat Electronics Limited, did not tell the truth to the government about malfunctioning Akash Missile system and poor quality of spare parts provided by the private vendors
CAG was perhaps far-sighted, when in a 2017 report, the national auditor observed that Akash Missiles cannot be trusted in situation of a war
On 3 June, 2018, Akash Missile’s Transportation and Loading Vehicle (TLV), parked at an Air Force Squadron, was jolted after a sudden burst of tube followed by shearing off wheel bolts due to impact. The incident shocked Air Force headquarters. The Air Force officials wanted not only wanted the routine analysis of the incident, but also an in-depth discussion with Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), a multi-disciplinary Missile System laboratory under the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to unearth issues hampering the functioning of the strategic weapon system.
More than a month later, another squadron reported cracks on air intake caps of dummy missiles. An investigation by Firstpost revealed that the incidents were followed by other squadrons reporting frequent unserviceability of mobile surface-to-air Akash Missile system and long duration downtime, which means that the missiles are dysfunctional and may not be cocked and loaded against enemy in contingency. This incident forced Guided Weapon Maintenance Department of Air Force on 5 September 2018 to raise the issue, where they clearly stated that the “Squadrons have been reporting frequent unserviceability of Missiles and it has been noticed that time taken to resolve these failures is considerably high due to delay in analysis of failures.”
The sheer inertia of government defence enterprise involved in Akash Missile production and maintenance reached to such an alarming level that at least three squadrons of Akash in February 2019 reported that missile system remained down or simply broken and sometimes even out of order during 90 percent of the time since their date of commissioning. These squadrons were commissioned between 2013-2015 to counter Chinese aggression.
Multiple government agencies, including Missile manufacturer Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) which comes under the Ministry of Defence, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) which is responsible for radars and maintenance and the DRDO, did not tell the truth to the government about malfunctioning Akash Missile system and poor quality of spare parts provided by the private vendors.
The malfunction of Integrated Air Compressor and Storage Facility (IACSF) revealed another shocker and the Air Force mentioned it on record that the IACSFs of Akash Missile System units are unserviceable due to wobbling and vibration, pneumatic leakage, breaking of mounting pads and bolts. A missile had failed to take off during combined guided weapon firing exercise known as ‘CROSSBOW-18’ and a team of Missile System Quality Assurance Agency (MSQAA), BDL and DRDL was constituted to investigate the failure.
MSQAA is an independent inspection Agency under the administrative and functional control of Director General Aeronautical Quality Assurance, which comes under the Department of Defence Production of Defence Ministry. The incidents of leakage from fuel tanks and leakage in pressurised Missile containers were taken so lightly that the Air Force, responsible to secure the nation from aerial threats, was forced to direct to the DRDL, BEL and BDL that present configuration of certain systems of Akash Missile will not be acceptable for future squadrons, which are under the process of procurement. The Air Force, BDL, BEL and DRDL are yet to respond to a questionnaire sent by Firstpost on 24 November.
Details expose criminal act by government defence enterprises
If there is an emergent situation, several Akash sqaudron may not be able to launch counter offensive because deficiencies in many of the system including hydraulic oil leakage and container pressure leakage, which is pending since 2017. The complaints received from Air Force headquarters, Eastern Air Command and other Akash field units reveals there is no back-to-back agreement with vendors for equipment under warranty, making it difficult to repair the faults. Documents reviewed by Firstpost showed that almost all squadrons have expressed that they are unable to get proper feedback from BEL on repairing the faults in Missile System and on problems plaguing Akash Missiles which Indian agencies are ill-equipped to resolve. Surprisingly the field engineers, who are supposed to rectify the critical snags, are not even aware of any action plan.
Documents further said: “Currently majority of the Akash field engineers are working to pass information about issues without any tangible technical output. The untrained and poorly equipped field engineers are neither aware of any corrective action plan nor they are committed.”
The documents also pointed to massive delay in supply of spares for Missile System, virtually grounding them for for six months to a year. Air Force in a meeting had informed that most of the problems reported in 2017 were pending for over a year now. The documents also pointed at the repairing of Akash trailers which are covered under annual maintenance contract. It said: “Akash Trailers serviceability is poor and some cases spares supplied to Akash Missile units are not configured as per system requirement which is affecting equipment serviceability in case of failure.”
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) the manufacturer of Akash Missile has not been able to resolve three important issues for the last two to three years. BDL, founded in 1970, is a government enterprise under the administrative control of the Ministry of Defence. It is learnt that BDL was told in high level meeting convened last year to come out with solid plan after conducting an investigation and study of faults in Akash Missile System within a month on long delays of critical faults. Even the investigation to unearth and address the issues was delayed.’
The Air Force has refused to pay for new maintenance contract for certain Akash Missile squadrons as the old ones expired in September 2019. They argued that missile systems in several squadrons were left idle for more than a year. Instead, it had asked for extension of warranty for certain squadrons which have been dysfunctional for 17 to 15 months in the last two years. Air Force asserted since system was down and faults were neither rectified nor replaced, it violated the maintenance contract. Air Force is learnt to have said that “during the warranty period, the seller shall either replace or rectify the failed goods free of charge within 30 days of notification of such defects. As per article of the contract, warranty of the equipment would be extended by such duration from time the buyer has reported such unserviceabilities till the time seller has restored the status of the buyer’s satisfaction.”
Red tapeism in government defence enterprises hurt national security
Firstpost investigation also revealed gross inefficiency of government defence agencies BEL, BDL and DRDL to address the problem in Akash Missile System. Documents reveal that meetings after meetings were convened on the issues but the government defence enterprises couldn’t satisfactorily answer the questions raised by Air Force. These government defence enterprises have been passing the buck. They also cheated Air Force by providing substandard and fake spares.
A meeting earlier this year chaired by Air Vice Marshal Bhanoji Rao pointed at severe negligence in handling Akash Missile System which may have serious ramifications in contingency. Documents revealed that certain spares, especially those of sub-vendors (procured by BEL) were being received at Akash Missile System units without ‘Quality Assurance’ certification and on a few instances it came to light that these spares were old and fake. In a letter, it was noted: “On few instances it has been noticed that the items were not new/authentic.”
Air Vice Marshal Rao clearly told his team at the Air Force not to accept spares without ‘Quality Assurance’ certification. The meeting also revealed a lack of expertise of government-owned defence enterprises which are acting merely as a supplier of equipment after procuring it from domestic and foreign vendors. It basically means that these government enterprises are acting like a payment facilitators. Their complicity in this entire saga was further exposed when government defence enterprises officials told the senior Air Force officials that sub-vendors (private companies supplying spares) were not willing to share their design documents.
An appalled Air Vice Marshal asked, if the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) is the authority then it must have intellectual property rights of all designs related to Akash Missile System. Obviously, the defence agencies representatives were not aware about it since they never took the pain to look into the agreements and promised the Air Force to look into the matter to ascertain whether these rights were with vendors. A promise was made to list all major vendors for unhindered supply of spares to overcome single vendor situation. As far as BEL is concerned documents said: “Almost all squadrons have expressed that they are unable to get proper feedbacks from BEL on progress and plan of action of pending faults.”
The meeting chaired by Air Vice Marshal Rao also discussed high failure rate of one of the systems of Akash Missile, lacunae in analysis of faults and mismatch in software versions used for the this strategic weapon.
Another major loophole, which highlights the non-seriousness of defence agencies, is the contract with the private vendors. The agreements are more favorable to private parties putting Akash Missile System in jeopardy. Documents flagged these concerns further pointing out that all the vendor supplied items are outside their warranty obligations and in certain cases supplied spares are not configured as per system requirements. Some spares for Akash Missiles are not fit and functional and this is affecting the equipment serviceability in case of failure.
It appears that careless handling of most critical weapons has been going on for a long time. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) was perhaps far-sighted when in a 2017 report, the national auditor observed that Akash Missiles cannot be trusted in situation of a war. CAG had categorically stated that Akash missile system delivered by BEL were deficient in quality and 30% missiles failed the test.
“Audit found that the Strategic missile system delivered by BEL were deficient in quality. Out of 80 missiles received up to November 2014, 20 missiles were test fired during April-November 2014. Six of these missiles i.e., 30 percent, failed the test. Preliminary failure analysis report revealed that the missiles fell short of the target, had lower than the required velocity, and also there was malfunctioning of critical units like Servo Control Unit and Connector. Two missiles had failed to take off because the booster nozzle had failed. These deficiencies posed an operational risk during hostilities. Two missiles had failed to take off because the booster nozzle had failed. These deficiencies posed an operational risk during hostilities.” CAG report had said.
Firstpost investigation showed that after the CAG report, the squabbling between government defence enterprises had come to light. Eight critical snags in Akash Missile Systems were reported after the CAG report which were pending for three-seven months. CAG had recommended that Ministry of Defence needs to ensure better synchronisation of the various activities and agencies involved in such strategically important projects to ensure their timely completion and quality of Strategic Missiles also needs improvement so as to bring down failure rate.
Notwithstanding, many snags were not rectified citing lack of spares. The Air Force anguished over lackadaisical attitude of BEL and BDL has firmly directed them to resolve all internal issues immediately and ensure that no Missile is kept unserviceable due to their internal problems.
An
explosive purported conversation between former in-charge of Air Force’s Rs.
7,900 Crore project, MM Joshi and another BEL senior officer MM Pandey recently
surfaced and received by the corruptionindrdo.com through anonymous sources. MM
Joshi was the officer who signed the IACCS contract on behalf of Bharat
Electronics Limited in October 2015 and served as driving force till April 2016
when he was unceremoniously transferred from BEL.
According
to sources, Joshi was removed from the position after he refused to endorse
large-scale corruption in the project that was being orchestrated through
senior officers of defence public sector undertaking.
Another
person in purported conversation, MM Pandey (GM), who conducted inquiry in
alleged irregularities in IACCS project and exposed the deep-rooted corruption
in the project. Pandey has now been suspended by BEL for exposing corruption.
The government, which vows to fight corruption has been a mute spectator all
along while Pandey is being harassed for doing honest job. MM Joshi who handled
the sensitive IACCS project in purported conversation with Pandey has made
startling revelation suggesting that alleged loot in contract began immediately
after BEL signed the agreement with Indian Air Force and at least two senior
officers were instrumental in perpetrating the irregularities. Joshi is also
heard in the conversation admitting that it is fit case to be investigated by
the Central Bureau of Investigation.
This
shocking revelation fly in the face of BEL, which has been trying to cover-up
the massive scam and punishing honest officers, who expose the rot. It has been
learnt from the reliable sources that Department of Defence Production, has
recommended a CBI probe but the file for the last one month is still awaiting
recommendation of defence minister.
While
this case has been caught in bureaucratic quagmire due to influence exercised
by the Babus, BEL officers, the inquiry team which exposed corruption has been
suspended. This is a sad reality of a vibrant democracy where corrupts are
honored and honest officers are hanged.
This
whistleblower website which has been on the forefront of anti-corruption movement
for more than a decade has decided to publish excerpts of the purported
conversation which makes it amply clear on loot right under the nose of
government and investigating agencies.
www.corruptionindrdo.com, however, cannot independently verify the
authenticity of audio. Received from anonymous source. www.corruptionindrdo.com has forwarded government agencies
for further investigation.
Here are the excerpts of
conversation between MM Joshi (NCS SBU head in BEL
when the IACCS project was finalized between BEL and Air Force, Retired in
March 2019) and MM Pandey (GM-PS/Delhi who was
the Vigilance Inquiry Officer who brought out the corruption in IACCS project) on
9th April 2019 or 10th
April 2019 after main stream media reports publish on 9th April 2019
“BEL
allegedly violated string of norms to award contracts to German, Finnish firms;
ex-CMD, two retired defence officials under scanner”
Mr. M.M. Joshi can be
heard saying:
_ I was very careful
in signing any document order/contract of IACCS without seeing that everyone
has signed since I knew that all of these cases would be opened by Vigilance
one day
_This report is
beyond the report which was made by M.M. Pandey and contains details of
procurement of “A” class items. Mr. Nataraj Krishnappa (who is Director-Oother
Units) and Mr. Joydeep Majumdar (who is the present GM-NCS)
will finally be caught for what they have being doing (which brings out
that he had knowledge of the wrong which was to happen in theproject
from the time the project was taken up).
_ One of the
Directors of BEL is saying that there is some person in DRDO who has leaked the
report to press
_ What has been
brought out in the second news article is point to point and ever thing which
has been written is the truth and today’s report is very explosive and related
to Material Procurement
– This report will
directly indict Mr. Nataraj and Mr. Majumdar. They should get a lesson and they
should get the return for whatever wrong they have done. They were the people
behind my transfer out of NCS in fact Mr. Majumdar had started manipulations
even before he took over as SBU head. Also Mr. Nataraj is the person who
manipulated the selection of D (OU) and saw that my application for that post
gets rejected so that he could be selected. He was also responsible for my
transfer out of NCS SBU and bringing in Mr. Joydeep Majumdar in my place
_ All these should be
handed over to CBI/CAG or they should take suo moto cognizance of the
corruption done by these people.
_ All the companies
to which order has been given are shell companies
_ I will wait for
that day when these two are punished for what they have been doing.
Nagpur: Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) investigators grilling Nishant Aggarwal have reported that the BrahMos Aerospace systems engineer confessed to having copied data related to the missiles from his senior colleague Alan Abraham’s computer, when he was still undergoing training in the organization.
The First Information Report (FIR) registered by Uttar Pradesh ATS was accessed by TOI. It says Aggarwal told investigators that he had copied the data from the official computer of his colleague around four years ago, without his permission. The person from whose computer the data was downloaded was posted at the Hyderabad facility of BrahMos Aerospace, where Aggarwal was undergoing training. The person has now quit the job and is pursuing a research project in Canada.
Aggarwal had just joined the organization four years ago, and was posted at the facility in Nagpur before arrested three days ago.
The FIR says Aggarwal confessed that he had copied the data without his colleague’s permission. However, he has also named close to a dozen other colleagues, who, he claims, have even more sensitive data stored on their private computers as wel. the designations of these colleagues include his peers andeven seniors.
However, Agagarwal had no answer to how official data, which was supposed to remain a secret, reached his personal devices pertained to mution of war, supersonic BrahMos cruise missiles.
The FIR further says that apart from storing the details in in personal devices, Aggarwal also had links with two Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs).They were in contact with him through fake Facebook (FB).accounts in the name of Neha Sharma and Pooja Ranjan.Aggarwal did not reveal anything on how did he got in touch with the two persons on Facebook.Their e-mail IDs have been traced to Pakistan, said the ATS.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that among the papers seized by ATS from Nishant’s computers is a user manual of the missiles supplied to the Indian Navy. The manual is, however, supposed to be 10 years old,and a routine document each engineer has for his reference.Much changes have been made to the system since then, said sources.
Sources said it was sometime during 2011 that such information was provided in soft copy to a number of BrahMos Aerospace employees for reference.Even this was supposed to remain in official computers only.After that, software that does not allow data to be copied or altered has been put in place.
Sources say the investigations began after an IAF officer was held on similar charges early this year. It was found that Neha Sharma was a Facebook friend of this officer too. An army officer at Jabalpur too was under scanner.
The FIR mentions that the PIO agents using fake names had been extracting information from top officials of important defence establishments of the country. Their tactics included honey trapping and even blackmailing and bribaery. IN A NUTSHELL
Colleague from whose computer Aggarwal copied data was posted at Hyderabad, Aggarwal was trainee at that time.Colleague has quit job and is now pursuing research at Canada.
Aggarwal named a dozen other colleagues who have official data on their computers.
ATS FIR says two Pak operatives — Neha Sharma and Pooja Ranjan – had befriended many defence officials.
Honey-trapping, bribery and blackmail were tactics to glean information.
DRDO BrahMos lab scientist Nishant Agarwal and BSF jawan Achyutanand Mishra, both arrested for alleged spying on behalf of Pakistan’s ISI, were handled by the same agent- the UP ATS has said. New Delhi: The Uttar Pradesh ATS, in its report to the Ministry of Home Affairs, has said that the scientist Nishant Agarwal arrested from a Nagpur DRDO lab, could have the same handler as that of the BSF man Achyutanand Mishra, who was allegedly honey-trapped by Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Sources told Times Now news channel, that the modus operandi in the two cases
