New Delhi: JDU MP Anil Sahni has been booked by the CBI in leave travel fraud case in which Member of Parliaments had allegedly inflated travel bills. CBI is conducting raids on various properties owned by the JDU MP.
Nine Rajya Sabha MPs are under the scanner.
CNN-IBN has accessed documents that show how MPs used travel agencies to inflate their travel bills and claim reimbursements. CNN-IBN has tracked down the concerned travel agency to East Patel Nagar in Delhi, Balaji Travels, which finds mention in the crucial Rajya Sabha Secretariat letter, which had flagged off certain irregularities. While the owners of the agency refused to come on camera, they denied any wrongdoing. But the contents of this letter have given rise to speculation of a possible MP travel agent nexus which was keeping this racket alive.
The probe by the CVC had revealed how the MPs claimed flying business class in all-economy flights and also submitted business class boarding passes for flights that were never taken.
During the investigation several fictitious ticket numbers not matching serial numbers used in Air India were found. Sources said Sahni reportedly generated 8 tickets worth Rs 1,50,000 each. It also came to light that Sahni used the boarding card which was used by two other passengers.
The seat allotted to him was 15C - an economy class ticket - but on paper it showed up as a business class ticket - thereby hiking the fares. It all began when the police arrested a person in possession of over 600 blank boarding cards at the Kolkata airport. This was attributed to the CVC finding that Rajya Sabha Secretariat employees in connivance with travel agents were misusing LTC privileges.
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