CBI files FIR in Adarsh housing scam against 13 including Ex CM –

CBI files FIR in Adarsh housing scam against 13 including Ex CM –



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Updated on Thursday, March 17, 2011

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed an FIR in the Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam.
The FIR has been filed against retired army officials, defence estate officials and public servants.


13 persons have been named in the FIR.
In its FIR lodged 10 weeks after it registered a Preliminary Inquiry (PI) in the case, the CBI booked 13 accused under
section 120(b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) read with sections 420, 468, 471 of the IPC and section 13(2) read with 13(1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

Below is the complete list of 13 Accused Persons Named in the Aadarsh Scam by CBI

1.retired Lt General (retd) P K Rampal

2.Major General A R Kumar

3.Major General T K Kaul

4.Principal Secretary (Urban Development) Ramanand Tiwari

5.Subash Lala, the then Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister

6.Brig (retd) R C Sharma

7.R C Thakur

8.former Brigadier M M Wanchoo

9.Congress leader K L Gidwani

10.Pradeep Vyas, collector of Mumbai between 2002-2005

11.LT. Gen. TK Sinha

12.PV Deshmukh - Officer in Urban Development Ministry

13.Ex. CM Ashok Chavan

It is reported that Mumbai Crime Branch, that's investigating the case of the missing Adarsh files will seek permission from court to conduct brain mapping and lie detector tests on four Urban Development department officials.


During hearing of a petition in the Adarsh case, a division bench of Justices B H Marlapalle and U D Salvi had asked CBI why it had not registered the case.
The Bombay High Court had on January 18 directed the CBI to take a final decision on registration of FIR in the controversial Adarsh case within two weeks.

The name of the former Maharashtra Chief minister Ashok Chavan is also there in the list, though it not clear if he is named as an accused.

Updated on Thursday, March 17, 2011

IAS officer Jairaj Phatak named in FIR as 14th accused.
Currently Phatak is CMD of the Rural Electrification Corporation
Phatak is a 1978 batch IAS officer from Maharashtra cadre

The CBI had named Phatak, the then commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), on January 29 and had said in its FIR that he could not be chargesheeted as they were awaiting sanction for his prosecution.

In September 2007 - Jairaj Phatak during his tenure as BMC commissioner Phatak illegally approved raising the height of the building from 97 metres to 107 metres.

Later his son Kanishka was also given an apartment in this society.
Phatak and his family own four flats in Mumbai and one bungalow in Pune.
They also have four bank lockers in Mumbai and one in Delhi.
Phatak also has a fixed deposit of Rs 50 lakh.
They also found to have 22 bank accounts in different banks.


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