About ten months after complaints from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered two cases to probe the alleged fraudulent use of the letterhead of a Joint Secretary in the top office in letters seeking favours, including one addressed to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, officials said.
It is alleged that one of the fraudulent letters was addressed to the Chief Minister on a purported PMO letterhead signed by Debashree Mukherjee, Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, on November 27, 2017, the agency has said in the FIR. “It is alleged in above said purported letter (was) to favour Vilayati Ram Mittal, Navi Mumbai in connection with the development of plot in Bandra,” the FIR said.
Another similar fraudulent letter was directed to the DRDO, Pune.