In the year 1951 the then Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, S.A. Venkataraman, was jailed for accepting a bribe in lieu of granting a cycle import quota to a company. However, things were quite different in the case of Sirajuddin’s diary. After six years of cycle scam in the year 1956, it was found that few leaders of Orissa were giving commission to businessmen. A big businessman of North India, Muhammad Sirajuddin was found guilty. He was owner of many mines and a diary was found with him that proved that he had relations with many known politicians. But no action was taken in this regard. Consequently, the news got published after some time. Later the then Minister of Mines and Fuel Keshav Dev Malviya agreed that he took Rs. 10,000 from a mining owner of Orissa commission. Later, Malviya had to resign under pressure from Nehru.
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