Premier Orders Probe of Bribery Scandal
From Times Wire Reports
Promising to “clean up the dirt,” Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee announced an inquiry into a bribery scandal that has cost him two Cabinet ministers and spurred calls for his government to resign.
Vajpayee said the inquiry, led by a sitting or retired judge, would probe the allegations raised this week by journalists who used hidden cameras and cash to expose corruption in India’s arms procurement system.
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