A special court on Friday convicted the then additional private secretary of former minister for urban affairs and employment Sheila Kaul for his role in a scam relating to allotment of government sho
A special court on Friday convicted the then additional private secretary of former minister for urban affairs and employment Sheila Kaul for his role in a scam relating to allotment of government shops here between 1991 and 1994.
The court held former government officer Rajan S. Lala guilty in the 20-year-old case for offences of criminal conspiracy under the IPC and criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Special CBI judge Sanjeev Aggarwal held that there was a “clear cut conspiracy” between Lala and Kaul, her then additional private secretary D.D. Arora and assistant private secretary S.L. Yadav. Kaul, Arora and Yadav have died and proceedings against them have been abated. The court has fixed the matter for September 5 for order on quantum of punishment.
The court said the four public servants abused their official position in alloting the shops.
Apart from the four government officials, nine private persons were made accused, who had obtained pecuniary benefits in an alleged criminal conspiracy.
Out of the nine accused, two died during trial, one was declared proclaimed offender, two were discharged and four acquitted by the court.
