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Rs 14 billion scam in Prasar Bharati: Minister

Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today a major scam to the tune of a whopping Rs 14 billion has been unearthed in the Prasar Bharati Corporation and the government was considering a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into it.

Naqvi said the scam took place during the last eight months and surpassed all others detected in the recent years.

The government had already initiated steps to get rid of corrupt elements in the corporation on the basis of facts and proof that had been brought to its notice.

He said the scam related to corruption in direct purchases of equipment from foreign companies, buying of world sports rights for Doordarshan and allotment of time slots for sponsored teleserials.

He alleged that the chief executive officer of the Prasar Bharati made direct purchase deals with foreign companies by undertaking visits abroad and in several of such deals concluded actually no equipment had reached India.

UNI