Land scam: CBI director summoned

The CBI director has been summoned by a special court to explain as to how some crucial documents in the multi-crore Molarband and Dheerpur land scam involving ‘cholle-bhature’ vendor Ashok Malhotra, have gone missing.

The CBI director has been summoned by a special court to explain as to how some crucial documents in the multi-crore Molarband and Dheerpur land scam involving ‘cholle-bhature’ vendor Ashok Malhotra, have gone missing.

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Special CBI Judge AK Mendiratta issued notice to the CBI director to appear before it on January 12.

The case pertains to Delhi Vidhan Sabha canteen's former contractor Ashok Malhotra, who was arrested in 2007 along with MCD and DDA officials for allegedly conspiring to acquire plots meant for resettlement of slum dwellers and subsequently selling them at exorbitant rates.