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CBI registers 3 cases over corruption charges
SHAKTI SHARMA | New Delhi, February 25, 2012 13:58
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Tags : corruption | case | CBI | register | MP |
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its bid to crackdown corruption has registered three different cases of amassing disproportionate assets against three persons including a Member of Parliament.
In the first case, a case has been registered against a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), on the allegations of amassing disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs.2.18 crore during the period 2001 to 2009 when he was functioning as Member of Silvassa Group Gram Panchayat, Member of Interim Council of Silvassa Municipal Area and Member of Silvassa Municipal Council on different occasions.
The CBI carried out search operations at the residential premises of the MPNew Delhi and Dadra Nagar & Haveli (UT) and recovered incriminating documents relating to possession of movable and immovable assets recovered during searches and said the documents are being are being scrutinized to access the quantum of illegally gained wealth.
In the second case, the CBI has registered a case against certain officials (names withhelsd) of Air Force and Naval Housing Board (AFNHB), a Delhi based Estate & Construction private company and others for fraudulent acquisition of land. The land was acquired for dwelling farm units for serving and retired Air Force and Navy Officers.
The CBI said preliminary investiogations point out that the then Director General and his deputy of AFNHB along with the then Director (Works) in 1996 selected the New Delhi based Estate & Construction private company for the purchase of land situated in village Kabulpur in Haryana and Motiput in UP.
The CBI alleges that development and construction of 300 dwelling farm units was done without verification of the title and physical location of the land. The CBI said the accused showed favour to the private party resulting in undue wrongful loss Rs.28 Crores to the housing board and the accused persons made wrongful gains.
During raids on the officials and the construction companies residence, the CBI recovered several incriminating documents and said that they are in the process of scrutinizing them.
In third case the CBI has registered a case under Prevention of Corruption Act against an Assistant Commissioner of Delhi Police for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Searches were conducted at five locations in Delhi including his residence and office premises and at the premises of certain persons known to him.
During the raids CBI discovered that the police officer owns five properties either in his name or in the name of his family members and also has several benami properties at other places in Delhi.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
