CBI Arrests 5 For Selling Rajya Sabha Seats For Rs 100 Crores

CBI has arrested five suspects for selling Rajya Sabha seats for Rs 100 crores. On July 22 and 23, the apprehended suspects were brought before the appropriate court in Delhi; they are currently out on bail.

Five people were arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for reportedly promising various individuals Rajya Sabha seats, governorships, and chairmanships of governmental entities in exchange for money. The bureau claims that the defendants changed their aliases, one pretended to be a senior CBI officer, and wanted Rs 100 crore from the victims.

The arrested suspects have been named as Kamlakar Prem Kumar Bandgar from Latur in Maharashtra; Mahendra Pal Arora from Delhi; Abhishek Boora from Ghaziabad; Mohd. Aijaz Khan from Delhi; and Ravindra Vitthal Naik from Belgaum in Karnataka.

The accused allegedly engaged in a criminal conspiracy "with the sole ulterior motive of cheating private persons by falsely assuring them for arrangement of seats in Rajya Sabh...

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