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BIG REPRIEVE: Coffingate scam had been a big embarrassment for ex-defence minister George Fernandes.

BIG REPRIEVE: Coffingate scam had been a big embarrassment for ex-defence minister George Fernandes.

Fernandes gets clean chit in Kargil coffin scam

The CBI is ready with the chargesheet in the 2002 Coffingate scam related to Kargil War. The investigating agency has named three Indian Army officials and a US company in the chargesheet. But sources say there is no mention of the then defence minister George Fernandes in the chargesheet whose reputation was badly damaged by allegation of a scam in the purchase of the coffins. The three Indian Army officer named in the chargesheet include Major General (retired) Arun Roye, Colonel (retired) SK Malik and a serving officer Colonel FB Singh.

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