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Virbhadra Singh and wife booked for corruption
The mighty Himachal Pradesh leader and Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh were booked for corruption bringing embarrassment to the central UPA government.
They were booked by the state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau under relevant sections of the IPC (Indian Penal Code) on the basis of a CD released in May 2008 by his political adversary Vijai Singh Mankotia in 2008.
In the CD, Virbhadra Singh was heard referring to some monetary transactions on phone with former IAS officer Mahinder Lal, who is dead. The CD also contained recordings of his wife, a former MP from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh.
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