The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled Odisha’s former BJD Rajya Sabha member Renubala Pradhan in New Delhi on Tuesday in connection with the leave Travel Concession (lTC) scam.
Renubala Pradhan has been accused of reimbursing the lTC claims of her companion by producing false boarding passes of airlines and other travel documents.
The CBI had on Friday last booked three Rajya Sabha members and three for RS members including Pradhan for cheating and forgery in the lTC scam. The CBI also on the same day raided the house of a cousin of Pradhan in Bhubaneswar.
lakhs of rupees are said to have been fraudulently claimed from the Government through fake lTC claims availed by some MPs and Government officials using fake or forged travel documents.
The incident came to light after the vigilance department of the Air India was alerted about the arrest of a man in March at the Kolkata airport with 600 blank boarding passes of the airline in his possession.