After the five-hour search, Hooda held a press conference, where he lashed out at the BJP. Other Congress leaders, including Karan Dalal and former Speaker Kuldeep Sharma, accused the BJP of resorting to “vendetta politics”.
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The searches were conducted after the CBI Wednesday registered an FIR on charges of corruption against Hooda, senior IAS officer T C Gupta, 15 private colonisers and others. In the FIR, the CBI has accused Hooda and Gupta of conspiring with at least 14 builders to cheat landowners and the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) by allegedly issuing fraudulent licences and releasing acquired land to real estate developers.
This is the third FIR registered by CBI against Hooda in the last four years. He also faces another FIR being investigated by Haryana police. Calling it “dirty vendetta politics”, Hooda said: “These people (BJP) have been after me for the last five years, but have got nothing.”
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According to the CBI, it conducted searches at more than 20 locations including New Delhi, Gurgaon, Chandigarh and Mohali. The case is related to the acquisition of land for development of Sectors 58 to 63 and 65 to 67 in Gurgaon. The acquisition was allegedly started with the objective of building a land bank for HUDA to provide affordable housing.
The notifications and acquisitions were made in such a manner that landowners were forced to make distress sale to builders, the FIR has alleged.
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