CBI files charge sheet in Ghaziabad PF scam case 3 ex high court judges figure in the charge sheet
merisarkar news service
New Delhi, July 04, 2010
3 former Judges indicted in the charge sheet
India's premier investigating agency CBI has filed the charge sheet in the Provident Fund scam of Ghaziabad courts against 78 people including three former judges of Allahabad High Court on Saturday. Three district judges were also named in the charge sheet.
The charge sheet, filed in the special court of AK Singh in Ghaziabad, named RP Yadav, AK Singh and RN Mishra, all former judges of Allahabad High court, and RP Mishra, Arun Kumar and RS Chaubey, all former district judges of Ghaziabad.
Giving details of the charge sheet, CBI said in a statement that the agency's probe concluded that 781 treasury cheques amounting to 7.92 crore rupees were issued in the names of Class-IV employees of District Court, Ghaziabad, pertaining to General provident fund withdrawal during the period from April 2000 to February 2008.
Out of 781 instances, 482 treasury cheques amounting to 6.58 crore rupees were found to have been drawn fraudulently, CBI said.
CBI claimed to have found that during the period 2001 to 2008 the then bill clerk of the Ghaziabad district Ashutosh Asthana, allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy and fraudulently and dishonestly withdrew 6.58 crore rupees from the District Treasury as GPF withdrawals.
Ashutosh Asthana later died in jail in mysterious circumstances.
