The CBI chargesheet alleges Anil Sahani for cheating and corruption in the LTC Scam.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari has given his approval to the CBI to prosecute JD(U) lawmaker Anil Sahani against whom the agency had filed a chargesheet for alleged cheating and corruption in LTC Scam.
The Bihar legislator is reportedly the first from the Elders' House who will be prosecuted by the CBI after sanction in this regard was given by the Chairman.
The CBI had filed a chargesheet against Mr Sahani alleging that he, in conspiracy with other persons, used forged e-tickets and fake boarding passes to defraud Rajya Sabha to the tune of Rs 23.71 lakh as travel and dearness allowance reimbursement without undertaking the actual journey.
Besides Mr Sahani, whose term in the Rajya Sabha ends in April 2018, others named in the CBI chargesheet were Anup Singh Panwar, an employee of Delhi-based Air Cruise Travels Private Limited, N S Nair, then Office Superintendent (Traffic), Air India and one Arvind Tiwari.
Mr Sahani, a second time lawmaker, had claimed that it was a "political conspiracy" by BJP government to malign him. All Parliamentarians (both Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha) get 34 free air tickets in a year for themselves, their family members and associates for domestic travel to their constituencies.