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New Delhi, April 22
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case taking over investigation earlier registered at State Economic Offences Investigation Bureau Raipur (Chhattisgarh).
Anil Tuteja, IAS (retired), then Joint Secretary; Dr. Alok Shukla, IAS (retired), then Principal Secretary; Satish Chandra Verma, then Advocate General, all three of Govt. of Chhattisgarh, pursuant to notification issued by Govt of India, after notification of the Govt. of Chhattisgarh.
The agency also conducted searches at the premises of accused then two public servants at two places in Raipur which led recovery of some incriminating documents.
It is alleged that the accused then public servants abused their official position to influence ongoing proceedings in Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) case registered against them at EOW/ACB, Raipur and Enforcement Directorate case registered on the basis of NAN case. As per digital evidences seized by the Income Tax Department, the accused then public servants made several attempts to frustrate the proceedings in NAN cases.
The accused then public servants allegedly provided inappropriate benefits to accused Satish Chandra Verma, then Advocate General, Chhattisgarh to motivate him to perform public duty in an improper manner and secure anticipatory bail for themselves in the aforesaid cases under investigation by ED and EOW/ACB, Chhattisgarh.
In order to seek anticipatory bail, it was alleged, the accused then public servants, got changed the documents related to the procedural and departmental work of the senior officers posted in the State Economic Offences Investigation Bureau, and the reply to be filed in the Hon'ble High Court, in NAN case.
