MoD questions CBI’s findings over Adarsh scam
The Ministry of Defence alleged that the state government was trying to scuttle the probe into the Adarsh society scam,it questioned the CBI’s finding that the controversial land belongs to the state government.
Major general Deepak Saxena, chief ofstaff for Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa areas of the Indian Army, filed an application on behalf of the MoD in the high court challenging the objection raised against the CBI probe.
The state government and Adarsh society had filed affidavits stating that the CBI did not have jurisdiction to probe the matter as the land belongs to the state government.
The MoD alleged that the state government had been fraudulently transferred the land to scam-hit housing society. The Central ministry also questioned the commission’s finding that the land belonged to the state government.
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Source: Hindustan Times
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