New Delhi Feb 28 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court deferred to March 27 its hearing on framing of charges against former union urban development minister Sheila Kaul and her two aides for their alleged involvement in a 1996 housing scam case.
Special CBI Court Judge Pradeep Chaddah has found prima facie evidence against Kaul, her then additional private secretary Rajan Lala and private assistant R.K. Sharma.
According to the prosecution, Kaul and her two aides had entered into a conspiracy to allot government accommodation on receiving illegal gratification.
The CBI has booked the three under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code in its charge sheet filed April 2003.
