Investigators examining the email exchanges between Chitra Ramkrishna, controversial former MD and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), and an unidentified ‘yogi’, suspect the two may have been using a code.
The emails, which show that a ‘yogi’ was guiding Ms. Ramkrishna to run the NSE, have several paragraphs that seem out of place. For example, in February 2017, the guru wrote to Ms. Ramkrishna, “Keep bags ready I am planning a travel to Seychelles next month, will try if you can come with me, before Kanchan goes to London with Kanchana and Barghava and you to New Zealand with two children. ‘HK is a preferred transit or Singapore for onward journey.’ In case you need help, pl let me know Seshu will do the needful.”
This has puzzled the investigators because there were direct flights available between India and the Seychelles, a mere four-hour journey, from the end of 2014 itself. In the absence of direct flights, Dubai and Sri Lanka were the only transit points to the Seychelles from India. But the guru wanted Ms. Ramkrishna to take an onward journey from Hong Kong or Singapore, though they had no direct connections to the Seychelles back then, and it entailed eight to 10 hours of travel. Add to this, the three to four hours needed to fly from India to Singapore or Hong Kong. Investigators are examining if the circuitous route was taken to hide travel details.
