NEW DELHI: CBI has taken over probe in the ambulance scam of Rajasthan in which it re-registered FIR of the state police naming former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, ex-Union Minister Sachin Pilot, Karthi Chidambaram, Ravi Krishna among others as accused.
CBI today carried out searches at the office of the firm Ziqitza Health Care in Jaipur and Mumbai against which a case has been registered.
FIR no. 256/2014 was registered at Ashok Nagar Police station in Jaipur after BJP gov was formed last year on the complaint of Jaipur Mayor Pankaj Joshi on July 31, 2014.
At the request of Rajasthan government, the case was transferred to CBI which has now re-registered it under the Anti-Corruption Unit of the agency here.
"The FIR was registered against the then Directors of the private firm at Mumbai/Jaipur and others including public servants under section 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC on the allegations of irregularities in the award of tender in favour of the said firm by deliberately inserting technical specifications and irregularities in the implementation of the project which included excess bills claimed by said firm and paid to them," CBI spokesperson said.
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