Adarsh Scam update

Seventeen months after it registered an FIR in the Adarsh scam, the CBI has filed a chargesheet against 13 politicians, bureaucrats and retired military officers. The case involving the 31-storey tower in Colaba had led to a chief minister stepping down and seven highprofile personalities, including a former BMC chief, getting arrested. 
The charges filed were for criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal misconduct under IPC sections 120(B) and 420 and section 13(1)(d) of the anti-corruption law. 
The chargesheet runs into over 10,000 pages and was filed before the registrar of the sessions court. It names 12 of the 14 people mentioned in the FIR, including ex-CM Ashok Chavan, former principal secretary (urban development) Ramanand Tiwari and former BMC chief Jairaj Phatak. Two names in the FIR that are not in the chargesheet are Lt Gen (Retd) P K Rampal and Brig (Retd) Romesh Chander Sharma. The accused got flats or rewards as a quid pro quo in lieu of granting approvals, said CBI sources. 
MUMBAI’S TOWER OF DECEIT 
THE 13 NAMED: 
Ashok Chavan 
Kanhaiyalal Gidwani
Ramanand Tiwari
Jairaj Phatak
R C Thakur
Maj Gen (Retd) A R Kumar
Maj Gen (Retd) T K Kaul
Brig (Retd) M M Wanchu
Pradeep Vyas
Brig (Retd) T K Sinha
P V Deshmukh
Subhash Lalla
Col (Retd) R K Bakshi (not named in the initial FIR) 
2 names in the FIR have been dropped from the chargesheet: Lt Gen (Retd) P K Rampal & Brig (Retd) R C Sharma