The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against former Union Minister & DMK Lok Sabha MP A Raja in connection with a disproportionate assets case that was registered in 2015.
In its charge sheet filed before in a special CBI court in Chennai, the CBI alleges that DMK leader A Raja acquired disproportionate assets to the tune of ₹5.53 crore during his tenure as Union Minister.
It has been reported that the CBI’s chargesheet details of business enterprise akin to a “shell” company, by a close associate of the former Union minister, C Krishnamurthy, who had set up a company named Kovai Shelters Promoters, in January, 2007 .
The company received a payment of ₹4.56 crore in the following month, from a Gurugram-based real estate company, citing “commission” for purchase of land in Kanchipuram.
CBI sleuths have alleged that the payment was not for the land deal but instead it was a quid pro quo arrangement for giving the real estate firm the status of an infrastructure company by A. Raja, during his tenure as Union Minister. The charge sheet was filed in August this year with the CBI alleging that the company, Kovai Shelters Promoters, had since not ‘undertaken any other real estate activity’ other than the purported land deal for the real estate firm.
The company appears to have later bought agricultural land in Coimbatore. The agency has alleged that that the DMK leader and former Union Minister, A. Raja had accumulated assets worth ₹5.53 crore, including the payment of ₹4.56 crore to the “shell” company, in which Raja’s close relatives were directors, which he could not satisfactorily account for.
The CBI has alleged assets in question were disproportionate to the tune of 579 per cent from his known sources of income, they said. Previous corruption charges against the former union minister, include the UPA’s infamous 2G scam.
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