Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Congress legislator and his son were among four people arrested by the CBI in a graft case linked to the multi-crore Adarsh Housing Society scam on Tuesday.
Former MLA Kanhaiyalal Gidwani is accused of paying Rs 1.25 crore to financial consultant JK Jagiasi to influence CBI officials investigating the Adarsh housing society case.
All the accused were presented before a special judge on Tuesday and remanded to police custody till March 16.
A CBI spokesperson in New Delhi said in a written statement alleged that the accused persons entered into a criminal conspiracy and the ex-MLC paid a sum of Rs 1.25 crore to the tax consultant illegally, in a bid to attempt to influence CBI officials in an ongoing investigation of the Adarsh Housing Society Case.
Jagiasi, who used to file Goswami's income tax returns, in turn gave Rs 25 lakh to Goswami, who is empanelled as special counsel in Union Law Ministry.
The CBI stumbled upon the case with the arrest of Jagiasi first on February 20 for allegedly demanding a bribe of Rs 25 lakh from an Air India official, accused in a CBI case, for dilution of the charges against him. During his questioning, it was learnt that Jagiasi had also approached Gidwani seeking a bribe of Rs 1.25 crore.
With Additional Inputs from PTI
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