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Railway Scam: Former Railway minister Pawan Bansal will be CBI witness
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Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has been named as a witness in the railway bribery case, in which his nephew Vijay Singla is among 10...
Former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal has been named as a witness in the railway bribery case, in which his nephew Vijay Singla is among 10 people named in the CBI chargesheet.
The agency has filed a list of 90 prosecution witnesses along with the chargesheet in a special CBI court in Delhi. Mr Bansal has been named as the 39th witness. Mr Singla, along with Railway Board Member Mahesh Kumar, Managing Director of Bangalore-based GG Tronics India Private Limited Narayana Rao Manjunath, middlemen Ajay Garg and Sandeep Goyal, Rahul Yadav, Samir Sandhir, Sushil Daga, CVVenugopal and MV Murali Krishan, have been given chargesheet by the agency in the case. CBI has arrested eight accused and all have been chargesheeted for alleged criminal conspiracy and relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Besides Mr Bansal, the agency has also named ex-Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal, who retired from his post on July 1 this year, as a prosecution witness in the case. Railway Board's Joint Secretary (confidential), P Rajeshkaran, and Joint Director Vigilance (Int), R Vijayan Nair, has also been named as witnesses by the CBI. Besides them, several officials from various banks have been named as witnesses. Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma today took cognisance of the CBI charge sheet and posted the matter for further proceedings on July 11. The court has also summoned Murali and Venugopal, who have not been arrested in the case, for July 11.
The agency has filed a list of 90 prosecution witnesses along with the chargesheet in a special CBI court in Delhi. Mr Bansal has been named as the 39th witness. Mr Singla, along with Railway Board Member Mahesh Kumar, Managing Director of Bangalore-based GG Tronics India Private Limited Narayana Rao Manjunath, middlemen Ajay Garg and Sandeep Goyal, Rahul Yadav, Samir Sandhir, Sushil Daga, CVVenugopal and MV Murali Krishan, have been given chargesheet by the agency in the case. CBI has arrested eight accused and all have been chargesheeted for alleged criminal conspiracy and relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Besides Mr Bansal, the agency has also named ex-Railway Board Chairman Vinay Mittal, who retired from his post on July 1 this year, as a prosecution witness in the case. Railway Board's Joint Secretary (confidential), P Rajeshkaran, and Joint Director Vigilance (Int), R Vijayan Nair, has also been named as witnesses by the CBI. Besides them, several officials from various banks have been named as witnesses. Special CBI Judge Swarana Kanta Sharma today took cognisance of the CBI charge sheet and posted the matter for further proceedings on July 11. The court has also summoned Murali and Venugopal, who have not been arrested in the case, for July 11.
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