CBI lodges first FIR in LTC scam

CBI is conducting raids at the office and residence of RS member Anil Sahani

Central Bureau of Investigation has registered the first FIR in the leave travel concession scam against a Rajya Sabha member, Anil Sahani. CBI is conducting raids at his office and residence in Muzzafarpur and New Delhi.

Sahani has been accused of making fraudulent claims on the basis of forged tickets and boarding passes.

CBI is still probing if officials of Shipping Corporation of India, Air India and Ordinance Factory Board (OFB), Jabalpur committed fraud. The agency had registered a preliminary enquiry into the matter in August.

CBI has alleged that senior and mid-level officers in government organisations colluded with private tour operators to take personal trips with families to far-off destinations and then claim the amount spent as official visits.

The incident came to light when Kolkata police nabbed a person with 600 boarding passes of Air India. It was later found that the boarding passes had to be delivered to other parties to show fake travel documents. Thereafter, the vigilance department of Air India was then alerted about the incident.