The Sandiganbayan has allowed a private supplier tagged in the 2004 fertilizer fund scam to plead guilty to lesser offenses under a plea bargain deal before the Office of the Ombudsman.
The Sandiganbayan has acquitted former Rizal governor Casimiro Ynares Jr. and six other former provincial officials of graft charges in connection with their alleged involvement in the 2004 fertilizer fund scam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday raided the Jodhpur residence of Agrasen Gehlot, the brother of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, news agency ANI reported quoting sources.
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