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Taj project: CBI submits interim probe report to SC
Thursday, August 14 2003 19:01 Hrs (IST)
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on August 14 submitted its interim probe report to
the Supreme Court on the aspect of alleged irregularities in the multi-crore Taj Heritage Corridor
Project.
The report submitted by the CBI assumes significance in the wake of the investigating agency
interrogating Uttar Pradesh Chief Secretary D S Bagga, suspended Environment Secretary R K Sharma,
Principal Secretary (Finance) and other high officials on their alleged role in the construction of
the corridor project.
The court on July 16 had ordered a comprehensive probe into the construction activities undertaken by
the Uttar Pradesh government after it noticed major irregularities and illegalities in the implementation of
the project without any approval sanction from the statutory authorities.
Rejecting the state government's plea to await the outcome of a probe ordered by it through the
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), a Bench comprising Justice M B Shah and Justice A R
Lakshmanan had asked the CBI to identify officials who gave green signal to the project without
mandatory environment and other statutory clearances.
PTI
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