"SATYAM SCANDAL" - Is it really an easy task for CBI to prove?

Just a few days left for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file the chargesheet in the Rs 9,600 crore Satyam scandal.

On April 9 - the key accused in the Satyam case, Ramalinga Raju and Ramaraju will complete their 90 days in jail. CBI has already hinted that it's going to file a charge sheet as per the 90 day deadline - which will pave the way for trials.

There are two facets to the Satyam investigation - the first is Ramalinga Raju himself confessed about inflating accounts. And the second and the most crucial aspect that CBI needs to prove whether it's just a case of inflating accounts or siphoning money.


Not an easy task ahead

CNBC-TV18 learns that CBI has still a long way to go to establish fund diversion. So, what is making life difficult for CBI? To begin with, the investigating agency lost over a month valuable time due to the delay by the Andhra Pradesh government in handing over the case. Sources say the main accused - Ramalinga Raju who was in CBI custody for close to 10 days was a hard nut to crack. After going through several rounds of interrogation by several agencies - Raju mastered giving clichéd answers. Frustrated with Raju's answers - CBI has now sought polygraphy and brain-mapping tests.


Investigating Satyam scam

Meanwhile, CBI found spilt bank accounts and 7000 fake invoices giving bones to fund diversion. CBI Is also preparing - letters rogatory to find out the financial transactions done by the accused in various countries. The investigating agency is also analysing the complex financial transactions between the frontal and nearly 375 ghost companies floated by Ramalinga Raju and his family members. CBI is also taking help from audit firms, KPMG and Delloite who are restating Satyam account books. But the outcome of all these investigations will be covered in supplementary chargesheets - in the first chargesheet CBI would go with its preliminary findings.