Tightening its noose on BJP MP Anurag Thakur and his brother Arun Singh, both sons of former Chief Minister PK Dhumal, Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau on booked them for alleged cheating and conspiracy in a land case.
The two were booked under various sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act, ADGP, Vigilance, Prithviraj rpt Prithviraj said.
The ACB also slapped a case on Thakur, who also heads Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, under different sections of the IPC and Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act for alleged cheating, conspiracy, encroachment on government land and demolition of residential houses of education department for construction of cricket stadium.
Commenting on the development, Thakur said, "This is political vendetta to malign me and HPCA and tarnish my image. If Virbhadra Singh thinks that by registering two more FIRS, they (Congress) can win Lok Sabha elections, then he can go ahead with it. We will fight the case and vindicate our position."
In the FIR in the land deal, Thakur and Arun Singh have been accused of "forging documents" in connivance with some revenue officials for purchasing the land of a Dalit, Premu (now deceased), Prithviraj said.
"During inquiry by the vigilance bureau, some illegalities were detected in the purchase of the land, which could not be sold before 20 years and it was found that at the time of sale, the owner was in possession of land measuring 32 marlas (592 sq mts) for fourteen years and six months only.
"All this could not have happened without the complicity of revenue officers, who have also been booked," SP, Vigilance at Dharamshala, Bimal Gupta said.
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