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Manesar: "The Special CBI Court on Tuesday impleaded five officers of the Haryana government including incumbent Additional Chief Secretary (Home-cum-Health) Rajeev Arora and four others in the ongoing Manesar land scam case trial.
All five have now been summoned on December 17.
Before Tuesday`s hearing, there were 34 accused facing trial.
The case was slotted for hearing in court, Tuesday, for a decision on framing of charges against these 34 accused.
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Manesar: "The Special CBI Court on Tuesday impleaded five officers of the Haryana government including incumbent Additional Chief Secretary (Home-cum-Health) Rajeev Arora and four others in the ongoing Manesar land scam case trial.
All five have now been summoned on December 17.
Before Tuesday`s hearing, there were 34 accused facing trial.
The case was slotted for hearing in court, Tuesday, for a decision on framing of charges against these 34 accused.
However, one of these 34 accused, M L Tayal (principal secretary of then chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda), moved an application in court citing evidence by way of which he alleged involvement of these five officers and pleaded that they formed the chain of command at the time of crime.
Tayal demanded that these five should also be impleaded as accused, in the case.
Advocate Rahil Mahajan, counsel for another accused and retired IAS officer SS Dhillon present during the hearing of the case, said, M L Tayal who was principle secretary to the then chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has moved the application through his counsel in the court.