By IANS
New Delhi : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday asked the defence ministry to file a complaint before it so that a case could be registered into an alleged immigration scam involving army officials.
“In our letter to Defence Secretary Vijay Singh we have asked them to file a complaint so that a case can be registered to initiate investigations into the matter. We have also asked them to provide all necessary documents pertaining to the case,” a senior CBI official told IANS.
The alleged immigration scam involving army officials came into light earlier this month after four people were detained at the airport here. They were held while trying to leave the country on official passports issued to the Army Headquarters Band for a performance in Germany.
The army’s preliminary investigations disclosed that Suresh Babu, a soldier responsible for preparing travel documents, had made and sold four “extra” passports for Rs.50,000 each.
Shocked by the incident, the defence ministry asked the CBI to carry out the investigations.
The latest revelation came after parliamentarian Babubhai Katara was arrested while trying to flee with a woman and a boy out of the country on his family’s diplomatic passports in March. Katara is cooling his heels in Tihar Jail here.