City court rejects bail of Diwakar, prime accused in CGHS Scam

New Delhi, May 18 (UNI) A city court today rejected the bail plea of Narayan Diwakar, the prime suspect in the Rs 4000-crore Co-operative Group Housing Scheme (CGHS) scam.

Patiala House Court Special Judge S K Kaushik, rejecting the bail of the former Registrar of the Co-opeartive Societies (RCS), said, ''there was no prima-facie case to grant him bail at this stage. The accused appeared to have committed a serious offence, and thus rejected his bail plea.'' The case was registered on July 29, 2005 after CBI received a formal complaint. Diwakar allegedly revived the Taj CGHS on the basis of forged documents and signatures in connivance with one Ram Nath, one Faiz Mohammad and some private persons on March 11, 2004, the CBI alleged.

Earlier on March 28, the CBI chargesheeted Narayan Diwakar, Anna Wankhede the Secretary, D N Sharma former Assistant Registrar, Ram Nath former inspector, Faiz Mohammad Retired inspector of RCS and Srichand a builder for allegedly reving the Taj CGHS on March 11, 2004.

The Taj CGHS, was set up in 1972 and scrapped up in 1979 by RCS.

But Diwakar allegedly approved the proposal to revive it. During the course of investigation, CBI found that, 134 members out of a total strength of 135 were fictitious, the chargesheet said.

Diwakar was arrested and chargesheeted under sections 120-B (Criminal Conspiracy), 419 (Cheating by Impersonation), 420 (Cheating), 467 (Forgery of Valuable Security), 468 (Forgery for the purpose of Cheating), 471 (Using Forged documents as Genuine) and 13 (2), 13 (1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988.

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