Defence Minister AK Antony has ordered a CBI probe, into an alleged land scam in Jodhpur, allegedly pertaining to transfer of a 4.84 acre defence land, to a trust belonging to a royal family in 2007 by the officials of his Ministry and the Army.
The Minister’s order for a CBI probe came after an Additional Secretary rank officer completed the departmental inquiry into the allegations, officials said here on Monday adding some Defence Estate Organisation officers besides Army officials were involved in the illegal transfer of land.
The Army land was allegedly transferred to the private trust belonging to a royal family of Jodhpur in 2007 and now being developed for commercial purposes, officials said and the commercial value of the land was over `15 crore.
This scandal comes after Adarsh Housing Society and Srinagar land scams which is now under CBI investigations. In the Srinagar land scam, officials of the Defence Estate Organisation had allegedly sold a portion of the IAF airfield and some civilians had already applied for taking possession of land. PNS