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India's top sleuthing agency targets culture body tzars
WSN Network

Chandigarh /New Delhi: The CBI has sought the federal Indian goverment's nod to file a chargesheet against four former top officials of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), involved in a case of illegally trafficking 10 people from Punjab to Germany in 2005.

"We have completed our investigations and are ready with the chargesheet. Since the case involves two officials from the Ministry of External Affairs, sanction to prosecute them is required from the ministry, which we have sought," a senior CBl official was reported as saying by a local Indian paper in New Delhi.

Former director-general of ICCR, Rakesh Kumar, IFS officers Madhup Mohta, Kehkeshan Tyagi and Mohammad Khaliq have been booked in the case.

The IFS officers have steadfastly denied any involvement in the wrongdoings. The accused, who travelled to Germany on documents forged by the ICCR officials, have all been booked for criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The inquiry showed that the planning for the illegal trafficking was done by Rakesh Kumar himself.
 
24 October, 2007
 

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