LTC scam: Case against Rajya Sabha MPs for cheating

June 13, 2014 10:31

The CBI has filed an FIR against 3 Rajya Sabha MPs in the scam related to leave travel allowance for cheating and forgery.

Three sitting and three former Rajya Sabha MPs have been booked under sections 420 and 13 (1)D.

The sitting MPs are D Bandopadhyay of the Trinamool Congress, Brijesh Pathak of the Bahujan Samaj Patry and Lal Ming Liana of the Meghalaya People's Front.

The former MPs are Bharatiya Janata Party's JPN Singh, Renu Bala of the Biju Janata Dal, Mehmood A Madni of the Rashtriya Lok Dal.

All the MPs arranged fake tickets and boarding passes and got full fare reimbursed. Most of them violated the rules at least three to four times, reports CNN-IBN.

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