New Delhi: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and jailed arms dealer Abhishek Verma were on Saturday chargesheeted by CBI for allegedly forging letterhead of then Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken in 2009.
Although the agency had not named Tytler as accused in its FIR, it included his name in the charge sheet filed in the CBI special court alleging that the “forgery was done with active connivance” of the Congress leader with Verma.
“The forged letter was given to a China-based telecom firm with the purpose of wrongfull assuring them of visa extension in India. Verma had allegedly demanded one million dollars from the firm showing the letter but the money did not exchange hands,” a CBI official privy to investigation said. (PTI)