CBI chargesheets Tytler, Verma in forgery case
1 Sep 2013 9:38 PM GMT
Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and jailed arms dealer Abhishek Verma were on Saturday chargesheeted by CBI for allegedly forging letterhead of then minister of state for home Ajay Maken in 2009.
Although the agency had not named Tytler as accused in its FIR, it included his name in the chargesheet filed in the CBI special court alleging that the ‘forgery was done with active connivance’ of the Congress leader with Verma. The forged letter was given to a China-based telecom firm with the purpose of wrongfully assuring them of visa extension in India.
Verma had allegedly demanded one million dollars from the firm showing the letter but the money did not change hands,’ a CBI official privy to investigation said. Acting on the complaint of Maken, CBI had registered a case against Verma last year under section 469 of the IPC which relates to forgery for purpose of harming reputation.
Tytler denied the allegations against him saying, ‘This is all rubbish. I have just come to know about it. There is no truth in it,’ he said. When asked about the allegations that he actively connived in the forgery, Tytler said, ‘How? I do not know what they are saying. This complaint is by Ajay Maken? He wants to get me.... This is election time...."
The agency has also slapped charges for violation of Information Technology Act and Prevention of Corruption Act, they said.
Although the agency had not named Tytler as accused in its FIR, it included his name in the chargesheet filed in the CBI special court alleging that the ‘forgery was done with active connivance’ of the Congress leader with Verma. The forged letter was given to a China-based telecom firm with the purpose of wrongfully assuring them of visa extension in India.
Verma had allegedly demanded one million dollars from the firm showing the letter but the money did not change hands,’ a CBI official privy to investigation said. Acting on the complaint of Maken, CBI had registered a case against Verma last year under section 469 of the IPC which relates to forgery for purpose of harming reputation.
Tytler denied the allegations against him saying, ‘This is all rubbish. I have just come to know about it. There is no truth in it,’ he said. When asked about the allegations that he actively connived in the forgery, Tytler said, ‘How? I do not know what they are saying. This complaint is by Ajay Maken? He wants to get me.... This is election time...."
The agency has also slapped charges for violation of Information Technology Act and Prevention of Corruption Act, they said.
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