Hawala scandal

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The Hawala scandal or hawala scam was an Indian political scandal involving payments allegedly received by politicians through four hawala brokers, the Jain brothers. It was a US$18 million bribery scandal that implicated some of the country's leading politicians.

In 1991, an arrest linked to militants in Kashmir led to a raid on hawala brokers, revealing evidence of large-scale payments to national politicians.[1] Those accused included L. K. Advani, V. C. Shukla, P. Shiv Shankar, Sharad Yadav, Balram Jakhar, and Madan Lal Khurana.[2] The prosecution that followed was partly prompted by a public interest petition (see Vineet Narain), and yet the court cases of the Hawala scandal eventually all collapsed without convictions. Many were acquitted in 1997 and 1998, partly because the hawala records (including diaries) were judged in court to be inadequate as the main evidence.[2] The Central Bureau of Investigation's role was criticised. In concluding the Vineet Narain case, the Supreme Court of India directed that the Central Vigilance Commission should be given a supervisory role over the CBI.[1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vineet Narain Case, Directions of the Court". 2 November 2006. Archived from the original on 2 April 2007. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sudha Mahalingam (21 Mar – 3 Apr, 1998). "Jain Hawala Case: Diaries as evidence". Frontline magazine 15 (6). Archived from the original on 10 March 2007. Retrieved 2 Nov 2006. 
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