The special court for the trial of cases investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Coimbatore on Friday issued summons to eight persons, including four IPS officers, who have been named witnesses by the prosecution in an extortion case linked to the multi-crore Paazee forex scam of 2009.
CBI Public prosecutor Surendra Mohan on Friday submitted the first schedule of witnesses before CBI Court Judge S. Govindharajan as directed by the latter on November 28, when charges were framed against five accused in the case.
The list of witnesses begins with K. Natarajan, Secretary to the Government of India, who gave sanction for prosecution against Inspector General of Police (IGP) Pramod Kumar, the first accused in the case, in 2013.
