The 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. Three district judges were also named in the charge sheet. <br/><br/>The charge sheet, filed in the special court of A.K. Singh in Ghaziabad, named R.P. Yadav, R.N. Mishra and A.K. Singh, all former judges of Allahabad High court, and R.P. Mishra, R.S. Choubey and Arun Kumar, all former district judges of Ghaziabad. <br/><br/>Giving details of the charge sheet, CBI spokesman said in a release 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. <br/><br/>Out of 781 instances, 482 treasury cheques amounting to 6.58 crore rupees were found to have been drawn fraudulently, the said. <br/><br/>CBI claimed to have found that during the period 2001-08 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.
News On AIR | July 4, 2010 6:20 PM
3 former HC judges in net as CBI files charge sheet in PF scam of Ghaziabad courts