Chargesheet filed in Kargil coffin scam

New Delhi, August 22
The CBI has filed its charge sheet in the infamous 2002 “coffin scam” of the Kargil war against four persons, including two retired Army officials and one serving officer. Official sources said the charge sheet was filed on August 19 in a CBI Special Court here.
The CBI has not named the then Defence Minister George Fernandes, who had come under the scanner, following allegations that poor quality aluminium caskets were bought from USA at “exorbitant rates” after the Kargil war. Sources said Fernandes during the questioning by the CBI could not remember anything that happened during the particular period. — PTI