Chitra Ramkrishna refuses to recognise "Himalayan yogi" Anand Subramanian: CBI

The Central Investigation Bureau has told the court that when former National Stock Exchange (NSE) chief Chitra Ramkrishna was confronted with her former aide Anand Subramanian for questioning, she refused to recognise him.

Ramkrishna was arrested on March 6 under various allegations of irregularities including the one in which she was accused of taking crucial decisions on the basis of instructions from a “Himalayan Yogi”.

Sources in CBI has recently said that the Himalayan Yogi was none other than her former aide Anand Subramanian who is the former Chief Operating Officer of the NSE. Ramkrishna was allegedly taking instructions from him through email. After her arrest, the court sent her to CBI custody for questioning for seven days.

While demanding custody, the CBI told that court that Ramkrishna has remained elusive in response to many questions and she needs to be further questioned. The CBI has also told that court that there are several crucial evidences she needs to be confronted with to nail the truth in the case.

Though the CBI had demanded 14-day custody arguing that it has recovered over 2500 email exchanges with Anand Subramanian yet the court has so far granted seven-day custody.

Her lawyer had demanded protection from arrest saying that she has cooperated with the investigation in all possible manner.