Bureaucrats and ex-defence officials named in Adarsh scam

MUMBAI:In the case of Adarsh society it is learnt that the report has named certain promoters of the society besides retired defence officials, bureaucrats and members of the society, details of FIR are not yet available.

On Saturday ten weeks after it launched preliminary investigations into the Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation registered a formal complaint into the case, an official said here.

On Jan 18 at a hearing the high court had directed the investigating agency to file the FIR within two weeks.

On Jan 20 the State Information Commissioner Ramanand Tiwari was suspended by the state government, which has initiated proceedings seeking his removal from the constitutional post.

Now the state government is also looking into the role of various other bureaucrats whose names have cropped up in the scam.

Also the defence authorities have also initiated a parallel probe into the role of its officers who were directly or indirectly involved in the scam.