Police rule out business rivalry in Ambani chopper sabotage case

Mumbai: The Mumbai police on Wednesday held out hopes that it was close to cracking the case involving the alleged sabotage of Anil Ambani’s helicopter last week and promised arrests soon, as it all but ruled out any possible “business rivalry” angle into the incident that has become the talking point of corporate India.
Bharat Borge, the technician who first discovered pebbles and gravel in the gearbox of Mr Ambani’s chopper, was found dead on Tuesday evening on a railway track, triggering a wave of conspiracy theories. On Wednesday, a top police official said Mr Borge was a “good witness” and that his death will not have any bearing on the case. “We are headed in the right direction and there would be some arrests soon,” joint commissioner of police (crime) Rakesh Maria told mediapersons. He parried the question if the probe had revealed any business rivalry as claimed by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). When asked if Mr Borge was under any pressure, Mr Maria refused to comment.
Maharashtra home minister Jayant Patil too dismissed any business rivalry links in the case, saying that investigators did not believe that corporate rivalry was behind the alleged sabotage attempt.
The railway police, in charge of probing Mr Borge’s death, said they may summon two ADAG officials for questioning. “The letter clearly mentions two Reliance officials. We suspect that two officers from a Reliance group company met Mr Borge. We would be calling them for questioning in the case.”
A senior police official claimed that police is very close to solving the case and that they suspect rivalry between the company and some employees to be the reason for the sabotage attempt.
30/04/09 Economic Times

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