CBI to take over Satyam probe from Andhra police

January 8th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The crime branch of the Andhra Pradesh police Friday began probe into the Rs.70-billion accounting fraud in the city-based IT service firm Satyam Computer Services, even as the market regulator continued its probe for the second consecutive day and summoned before it the company's former chairman. The Criminal Investigation Department's (CB-CID) team checked records at Satyam's headquarters here and spoke to associates of disgraced former chairman B.

January 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Where is B. Ramalinga Raju? Everyone is trying to find an answer to the question after the chairman of Satyam Computers resigned Wednesday confessing to a Rs.70 billion (Rs.700 crore) fraud.

January 6th, 2009 HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI - The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday ordered a preliminary inquiry by the crime branch of the police into a financial fraud by IT major Satyam Computers. Chief Minister Y.S.

January 8th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Disgraced former founder-chairman of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju surrendered before the Andhra Pradesh police chief Friday night.

February 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI/HYDERABAD - The central government has finally handed over the investigations into the Satyam fraud to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 'CBI will look into all aspects of the investigation,' Corporate Affairs Minister P.C.

January 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Beleaguered former Satyam Computer founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju is in this city and has no intention to avoid the process of law, his lawyer S.

February 2nd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Two suspended PriceWaterhouse employees allegedly involved in the Satyam Computer Services fraud will be in the custody of the Andhra Pradesh police Wednesday and Thursday. S. Gopalakrishnan, who was chief relationship partner at PriceWaterhouse, and Srinivas Talluri, who was engagement leader, will be handed over to the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of police for interrogation for two days from Wednesday, a Hyderabad court ruled Tuesday.

January 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Satyam Computer founder-chairman B. Ramalinga Raju, whose whereabouts are not known after his shocking admission of massive financial fraud, is in the city and has no intention to avoid the process of law, his lawyer claimed Thursday even as a top company official said they did not rule out filing a criminal case against him.

February 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Friday registered a case against disgraced Satyam founder B. Ramalinga Raju for the Rs.70 billion fraud and constituted a multi-disciplinary investigation team (MDIT) for the probe.

January 18th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh High Court Monday dismissed the revision petition filed by former chairman of Satyam Computer Service Ramalinga Raju against his police custody. Raju was arrested on Jan 9, two days after he admitted to a Rs.70 billion fraud.

February 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - A 16-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Saturday took over the probe into the Rs.70-billion (Rs.7,000-crore/$1.43 billion) Satyam Computer Services accounting fraud. The team led by CBI Deputy Inspector General V.V.

January 8th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh police Friday night arrested disgraced former founder-chairman of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother and former company managing director B.

January 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh police Saturday grilled disgraced former Satyam Computer Services chairman B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother and former company managing director B.

January 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Disgraced former chairman of Satyam Computer B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother and former company managing director B.

January 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's capital market regulator C.B. Bhave met Corporate Affairs Minister P.C.