<p>The Himachal Pradesh Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Thursday booked sitting BJP parliamentarian Virender Kashyap who was allegedly caught accepting cash on camera.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained the one-time MP from the Shimla (reserved) seat.<br /><br />"A case against Kashyap was registered under section 9 of the Prevention of Corruption Act," a police official told IANS.<br /><br />"The case was registered after the authenticity of the video CD was proved by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory of Chandigarh," said the investigating official.<br />In November, the Himachal Pradesh High Court issued notice to Kashyap on a petition for quashing a police inquiry report giving a clean chit to him after he was allegedly caught accepting cash.<br /><br />Petitioner Devashish Bhattacharya has alleged that the state government inquiry in 2010 was not fair and aimed at hushing up the matter. He also sought a fresh inquiry into the case.<br /><br />Police reinvestigated the case after the intervention of the high court.<br /><br />Official sources said the video CD was in circulation in January 2010 in which Kashyap was seen accepting a bribe from a private party for helping it secure permission for setting up an educational institution in the state.<br /><br />At that time, the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government was in power.</p>
<p>The Himachal Pradesh Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau Thursday booked sitting BJP parliamentarian Virender Kashyap who was allegedly caught accepting cash on camera.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has retained the one-time MP from the Shimla (reserved) seat.<br /><br />"A case against Kashyap was registered under section 9 of the Prevention of Corruption Act," a police official told IANS.<br /><br />"The case was registered after the authenticity of the video CD was proved by the Central Forensic Science Laboratory of Chandigarh," said the investigating official.<br />In November, the Himachal Pradesh High Court issued notice to Kashyap on a petition for quashing a police inquiry report giving a clean chit to him after he was allegedly caught accepting cash.<br /><br />Petitioner Devashish Bhattacharya has alleged that the state government inquiry in 2010 was not fair and aimed at hushing up the matter. He also sought a fresh inquiry into the case.<br /><br />Police reinvestigated the case after the intervention of the high court.<br /><br />Official sources said the video CD was in circulation in January 2010 in which Kashyap was seen accepting a bribe from a private party for helping it secure permission for setting up an educational institution in the state.<br /><br />At that time, the Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government was in power.</p>