It also directed the government to incorporate national security in its probe.
A bench of justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said, the whole concentration of the probe was focussed only on one individual Hasan Ali Khan in the black money case. What about others, the court asked.
The court also reiterated that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising officers of the Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing, Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate should be made to probe the entire issue related to the black money stashed away in banks abroad.
The bench, which perused the 14-page status report submitted in a sealed cover on the probe by the Enforcement Directorate, expressed shock over the revelation made in the report in which the name of a “power broker” was mentioned. The Bench said, it would also like to know on next hearing the progress made in the investigation from the national security aspect and what is the source of such money which is more serious aspect.
The government said, there has been substantial breakthrough in the investigation. It expressed concern over the security threat being faced by the investigators by telling the bench that there was a need for providing protection to all the officers of the Enforcement Directorate involved in the case.
However, the Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium sought one more chance to satisfy the court about the progress of the investigation.
