CBI continues pursuit of Naval war room leak accused

Three years after the naval war room leak case rocked the country, the CBI is still trying to track the alleged kingpin Ravi Shankaran, kin of former Naval chief Arun Prakash.

Three years after the naval war room leak case rocked the country, the CBI is still trying to track the alleged kingpin Ravi Shankaran, kin of former Naval chief Arun Prakash.

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The agency has so far failed to nab the accused, who is believed to hold the key to many missing links in the scam. An optimistic CBI Director Ashwani Kumar said, the accused, believed to be holed up somewhere in Europe, would be arrested soon and brought before the law.

For nabbing Shankaran (48), against whom an Interpol Red Corner Notice has been issued, even the revocation of passport has not been of any help as now the agency is of firm opinion that the accused might have attained a different travel document and is living in some country under assumed name. "We are investigating the case.

We have already filed the report and the challan. He (Shankaran) is wanted in that case. We have sent Letters Rogatory (LR) to some countries. We are calling him (for interrogation) from the day one but he is not coming.

Interpol notice is already issued on his name," the CBI Director told PTI. Sources said there was growing apprehension that Shankaran could have slipped out of Britain after an arrest warrant was issued against him by a UK court on the CBI's request in April 2006.