Besides the ED, officials of the Pathak panel also visited New York to verify the documents and contracts submitted to them.

Following its probe, the ED submitted some 4,000 pages of evidence on the nature of Iraqi contracts, banking transactions, purchase vouchers and ownership papers of several front companies like Coburg and Indrus located in tax havens such as the Channel Islands.

The ED also submitted copies of testimonies of all persons called to its headquarters for questioning to the Pathak panel.

The documents include the evidence given to ED by the Serious Fraud Office in London which is also believed to indicate Jagat Singh’s alleged involvement in the oil-for-food scandal.

Once the show-cause notices have been issued, the ED is likely to hand over its evidence to the investigations wing of the Income Tax as well as the Home Ministry, for cases to be initiated under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The alleged I-T and FCRA violations traced by the ED of those who will get show-cause notices are said to run into several crores.