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A Delhi Court on Monday convicted former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Anil Kumar Sahani, and two others in connection with the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) scam case.

Special Judge MK Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Court, Delhi held Anil Kumar Sahani, N.S Nair, and Arvind Tiwari guilty and convicted them for offences of criminal conspiracy under Section 120B read with 420, 471 of IPC and Section 13(1)(d) read with 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.

Additionally, Sahani has also been held guilty and convicted for the commission of substantive offences under Section 201 IPC, 420 read with 511 IPC, 471 IPC as well as under Section 15 read with 13(1)(d), 13(2) of the PC Act.

The arguments on point of sentence will be heard today i.e. August 31, 2022.

According to the CBI charge sheet filed in 2015, Anil Kumar Sahani, a JD(U) MP from Bihar, and others were involved in the LTC scam that broke out in 2013, causing a loss of Rs. 23.71 lakh to the exchequer.

Anup Singh Panwar, an employee of Delhi-based Air Cruise Travels Private Limited, N S Nair, then Office Superintendent (Traffic), Air India, and Arvind Tiwari, a private individual, was also named in the CBI charge sheet.

The charge sheet was filed in the designated CBI court under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code, including criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, and abuse of public office.

During the investigation, the CBI discovered that Sahani, along with others, used forged e-tickets and fake boarding passes to defraud Rajya Sabha of Rs 23.71 lakh in travel and dearness allowance reimbursement without actually traveling.

In 2013, the CBI filed a case against Sahani and others on charges of claiming reimbursement from the Rajya Sabha Secretariat using forged air tickets and boarding passes to defraud the government. The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) referred the case to the CBI.

Case Title: Central Bureau of Investigation v. Anil Kumar Sahani & Ors.