Quresh Tapes, a la Radia
This could be the second scandal of tapes in the Indian capital, the first revolving around ace lobbyist Niira Radia. The Income Tax Department has handed over to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) 350 hours of taped conversations of Moin Qureshi, meat exporter and film producer with a hotline to almost all bureaucrats in Delhi and the entire UPA2 cabinet.

The names include Ahmed Patel, Sonia Gandhi’s political advisor, Jitendra Prasad, who was introduced to Qureshi by London-based CA Ajit Prasad, the latter’s son married to Qureshi’s daughter Pernia. Conversations indicate how files from the CBI office and landed on Qureshi’s table, thanks to his proximity to the then CBI director Amar Pratap Singh, and subsequently, Ranjit Sinha.