New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has busted a racket promising a Rajya Sabha seat for up to Rs 100 crore.
In this regard, the investigation agency has also nabbed four people for allegedly being involved in the said racket. As per CBI officials, the accused also offered governorship for Rs 100 crore.
According to reports, the racket was busted after CBI tapped their phones over the past few weeks.
The apprehended four accused were identified as Maharashtra resident Karmalakar Premkumar Bandgar, Karnataka resident Ravindra Vithal Naik, and Delhi residents Mahendra Pal Arora and Abhishek Boora.
The accused were running a racket to cheat people by falsely assuring them that they would arrange seats in the Rajya Sabha.
''They conspired with the sole ulterior motive of cheating private persons by falsely assuring them for the arrangement of seats in Rajya Sabha, appointment as governor, appointment as chairman in different government-run organizations under central government ministries and departments against huge pecuniary consideration," the FIR read.
"Abhishek Boora conspired with Karmalakar Premkumar Bandgar to use his connections and reach high-level government officials, who could play a pivotal role in such appointments," NDTV quoted a person linked to the probe as saying.
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