CBI has registered a case to probealleged irregularities in the construction of a high-end mallin Indore, including the role of then Madhya Pradesh ChiefMinister Digvijay Singh.
CBI sources said the agency acted on the orders of IndoreBench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which had directed itto probe "roles of senior officials, the then Chief Minister,and Chief Secretary, and environment minister" among others.
The case relates to allegations that the mall wasillegally built on a residential plot of one lakh square feet,with undue concessions from the then state government underChief Minister Digvijay Singh, Congress General Secretary atpresent.
In its order on October 19, Division Bench of Justices P KJaisawal and Moolchand Garg had directed the CBI to probe thematter and report back in six months.
The Bench gave the direction on a plea by social activistMahesh Garg who had filed a complaint with the state EconomicOffences Wing in 2009 which had given a clean-chit to Singh.
Soon after the court order, Singh had welcomed the probeand posted on social networking website twitter that"permission was given for it (mall) during my tenure as ChiefMinister. The BJP government's Economic Offences Wing hasalready investigated the matter and found nothing against me."
The EOW had filed FIR against Entertainment WorldDevelopers Pvt Ltd, which constructed 'Treasure Island' mallin a joint venture with Madhya Pradesh Housing Board in 2002,and probed 12 other accused officials and ministers, includingDigvijay Singh.
It later filed a closure report giving clean chit toSingh, while saying there was a case against six othersincluding the developers. After the closure report, Garg filed a PIL in the HighCourt which has now given the case to CBI.