Sub-letting government accomodation proved costly to 17 central government officials in Chennai who have been booked by the CBI along with their tenants for corruption charges.
The agency has filed an FIR against 17 government employees, their tenants and middlemen for allegedly giving their government quarters on rent to private persons.
"The other unknown accused public servants of Estate and CPWD department also abused their official position and knowingly allowed the private persons to occupy the government quarters," the agency has alleged in its FIR.
The CBI has alleged that the private persons, who are illegally occupying the Governmnt quarters, have got Aadhaar cards, ration cards, gas connections in their names at CPWD quarter address.
The employees booked by the CBI are lower rung officials working in various central government departments who have been given accomodation in KK Nagar locality of Chennai.
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