New Delhi: The Central Bureau of investigation (CBI) had registered cases against six sitting and former Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha in Leave and Travel Concession (LTC) scam on Friday.
It is the first registered case in this scam by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
According to the agency, searches are being conducted at 10 locations, which include the houses, office premises of the MPs and also at the offices of travel agencies in Delhi and Odisha.
Lakhs of rupees are said to have been fraudulently claimed from the government through fake leave travel concession (LTC) claims, availed by government officials to get concessional tickets.
The incident came to light after the vigilance department of Air India (AI) was alerted about the arrest of a man in March at the Kolkata airport with 600 blank boarding passes of the airline in his possession.
Bureau Report
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