<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against two former defence officers and others for misconduct and violating the terms of lease and defence land in Pune, the agency said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The case has been slapped against Lt. Gen. (retd) Noble Thamburaj, the then southern army commander; S.R. Nayyar, the then defence estate officer (Pune Circle), southern command; a Pune-based builder and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act on receipt of a complaint from the defence ministry, a CBI statement said. <br /><br />Both Thamburaj and Nayyar had allegedly shown favour to a Pune-based builder in the matter of property at bungalow No.8 A, Lothian Road of B-3 defence land at Pune cantonment and settled the matter out of court in spite of a verdict in the army's favour, which is gross misconduct on the part of public servants, the statement said. <br /><br />"The public servants had ignored existing rules and policies; violating the terms of lease, entered into by ministry of defence and caused pecuniary advantage to Pune-based builder to the tune of Rs.46 crores without any public interest,” the statement added. <br /><br />Searches were conducted Tuesday at the residence of Thamburaj at Fatima Nagar, Pune; of Nayyar at Lulla Nagar, Kondhwa, Pune; and the office premises of the builder at Koregaon Park, Pune which led to recovery of incriminating documents.</p>
<p>The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against two former defence officers and others for misconduct and violating the terms of lease and defence land in Pune, the agency said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The case has been slapped against Lt. Gen. (retd) Noble Thamburaj, the then southern army commander; S.R. Nayyar, the then defence estate officer (Pune Circle), southern command; a Pune-based builder and others under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act on receipt of a complaint from the defence ministry, a CBI statement said. <br /><br />Both Thamburaj and Nayyar had allegedly shown favour to a Pune-based builder in the matter of property at bungalow No.8 A, Lothian Road of B-3 defence land at Pune cantonment and settled the matter out of court in spite of a verdict in the army's favour, which is gross misconduct on the part of public servants, the statement said. <br /><br />"The public servants had ignored existing rules and policies; violating the terms of lease, entered into by ministry of defence and caused pecuniary advantage to Pune-based builder to the tune of Rs.46 crores without any public interest,” the statement added. <br /><br />Searches were conducted Tuesday at the residence of Thamburaj at Fatima Nagar, Pune; of Nayyar at Lulla Nagar, Kondhwa, Pune; and the office premises of the builder at Koregaon Park, Pune which led to recovery of incriminating documents.</p>