The CBI on Saturday filed charge sheets against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and jailed arms dealer Abhishek Verma for allegedly forging letterhead of then Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken in 2009.
The agency did not name Tytler as accused in its FIR but included his name in the charge sheet filed in the CBI special court alleging that the “forgery was done with active connivance” of the Congress leader with Verma.
According to the probe, the forged letter was given to a Chinese telecom company with the purpose of wrongfully assuring them of extension of visa of its personnel in India. Verma had allegedly demanded one million dollars from the firm showing the letter but the money did not exchange hands.
Acting on the complaint of Maken, CBI had registered a case against Verma last year under Section 469 of the IPC which relates to forgery for purpose of harming reputation.
Tytler denied allegations against him saying, “This is all rubbish. I have just come to know about it. There is no truth in it,” he said.