Court rejects CBI closure report, orders case against Arun Shourie for hotel sale by Atal Govt

Written by Deep Mukherjee
| Jaipur |

Updated: September 19, 2020 7:35:12 am





A five-star hotel, Laxmi Vilas was originally a palace of the erstwhile king of Udaipur Maharaja Fateh Singh, dating back to 1911. Finance Ministry records show the Central government sold 89.97% stake in it for Rs 7.52 crore in 2002 against a reserve price of Rs 6.12 crore. The hotel had posted provisional losses of Rs 1.07 crore in 2000-01.

A Special CBI Court in Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district has ordered the registration of a criminal case against former Union minister Arun Shourie, retired IAS officer Pradip Baijal and three others, after prima facie finding offences such as criminal conspiracy and cheating proved against…

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