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Court Puts 11 Ex-MPs on Trial :Cash for Query Scam

Dec. 07 Crime Comments

[New Delhi] Court Puts 11 Ex-MPs on Trial :Cash for Query Scam
6 From BJP+1 Of Congress +3 Of BSP+One From RJD Are Accused Of Taking Cash To raise question in the parliament
A Delhi court today framed graft and criminal conspiracy charges against these leaders
Special Judge Kiran Bansal put the 11 former MPs and an individual on trial, which will commence from January 12.
The former MPs accused in the case are
Y G Mahajan (BJP),
Chhatarpal Singh Lodha (BJP),
Anna Saheb M K Patil (BJP),
Manoj Kumar (RJD),
Chandra Pratap Singh (BJP),
Ram Sewak Singh (Congress),
Narender Kumar Kushwaha (BSP),
Pradeep Gandhi (BJP),
Suresh Chandel (BJP),
Lal Chandra Kol (BSP) and
Raja Rampal (BSP).
A sting operation against the then MPs was conducted by two journalists which was telecast on a private news channel on December 12, 2005. It came to be known as the cash-for- query scam. T
The court also framed charges against Rampal’s then PA, Ravinder Kumar,
The proceedings against one of an accused, Vijay Phogat, have been abated as he has passed away. Phogat was alleged to be a middleman

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