HC directs CBI to inquire into payment of 4 cops

Allahabad, Dec 13 (UNI) The Allahabad High Court today directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct an inquiry into payment of Rs 21 lakh towards back wages of four police constables of Agra district.

The four constables were terminated from service in 1973 and subsequently restored back in 1998.

Passing the order, Justice Arun Tandon directed the CBI to inquire under whose signature Rs 21 lakh and odds had been released in favour of constables as back wages. The Court passed the order on a writ petition filed by a constable Hari Lal.

The CBI has to inquire as to whose order the payment was released and whether the concerned file has been deliberately removed from the records of police department at Agra.

The Court has directed CBI to submit its report within four weeks and fixed January 25, 2007 for hearing of the case.

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