Assets case: witness turns hostile

PATNA, JAN. 6. Yet another prosecution witness, the then Circle Officer of Phulwaria block in Bihar's Gopalganj district, Mr. Tribhuwan Nath, was declared hostile by the designated CBI judge, Mr. S.K. Pathak, in connection with a disproportionate assets (DA) case against the RJD chief, Mr. Laloo Prasad Yadav and the Chief Minister, Mrs. Rabri Devi.

Mr. Pathak declared Mr. Nath hostile yesterday considering the prayer of CBI in the DA case which charges Mr. Yadav with having accumulated wealth worth over Rs. 47 lakhs disproportionate to his known sources of income when he was the Chief Minister between 1991 and July 1996. Mr. Nath was the eighth witness who had so far turned hostile in the course of proceeding trial out of 137 witnesses mentioned in the chargesheet. Mr. Nath is at present posted in Daltonganj in Jharkhand as an Executive Magistrate. CBI's Special Prosecutor, Mr. L.R. Ansari, in his petition to declare Mr. Nath hostile, alleged that Mr. Nath deviated from what he had said before the Investigating Officer during the course of the probe.

- PTI

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