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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Bedi says will pay ‘balance’, here are 18 more fake bills by Ajmer Singh

Bedi says will pay ‘balance’, here are 18 more fake bills by Ajmer Singh

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published Published on Oct 25, 2011   modified Modified on Oct 25, 2011

Four days after The Indian Express reported how, in at least 12 instances, Team Anna member Kiran Bedi raised inflated air fare invoices to overcharge her host NGOs and institutions, Bedi announced today that the “balance amounts” were being returned “forthwith”.

“Foundation trustees have passed resolution directing me (to) travel strictly as per invite. This leaves no room for discretion...Trustees have instructed travel agent to return the balance amounts forthwith,” she tweeted.

This was a clear climbdown from her earlier refrain. To those who questioned her bills, her stock tweet was: “You are committing a sin.”

But in Mumbai today to receive an award, Bedi ducked all questions saying, “A rose comes with the thorns.” She didn’t specify how many inflated invoices in all she was referring to, what the total balance amounted to, or the time frame in which this payment would be made.

These issues assume significance given that The Indian Express has tracked — with records of bills and invoices — at least 18 more examples in which false invoices were raised to overcharge organisations for her travel. In most of the cases, she claimed Business while paying for discounted Economy. In some cases, she charged inflated Economy tickets too:

With award Discount...

On these flights, Kiran Bedi used the

75 per cent discount she is entitled to as a gallantry award winner

* May 13, 2009

Indore to Mumbai on IC 134, then to Delhi on IC 605 the next day

Total fare paid: Rs 10,029 (Economy)

Invoices generated for: Rs 20,054 (Business), Rs 7,965 (Economy)

* May 4, 2009

Delhi to Mumbai on IC 657, back the same day on IC 888

Total fare paid: Rs 12,589 (Economy)

Invoice generated for: Rs 40,208 (Business)

* April 6, 2009

Delhi to Goa on IC 865, back the next day on IC 866

Total fare paid: Rs 14,378 (Economy)

Invoice generated for: Rs 39,647 (Business)

* March 31, 2009

Delhi to Patna on IC 407, then to Bhubaneswar on IC 878 the next day

Total fare paid: Rs 12,912 (Economy)

Invoices generated for: Rs 16,035, Rs 26,386 (both Business)

* February 7, 2009

Mumbai to Delhi on IC 810

Fare paid: Rs 6,223 (Economy)

Invoice generated for: Rs 22,477 (Business)

* January 31, 2009

Delhi to Kolkata on IC 401, back on IC 263 the next day

Total fare paid: Rs 13,129 (Economy)

Invoice generated for: Rs 35,417 (Business)

* January 9, 2009

Delhi to Pune on IC 849, back on IC 850 the next day

Total fare paid: Rs 13,524 (Economy)

Invoice generated for: Rs 37,516 (Business)

* December 24, 2008

Delhi to Mumbai on IC 887

Fare paid: Rs 6,392 (Economy)

Invoice generated for: Rs 14,516 (Business)

* November 25, 2008

Delhi to Bangalore on IC 803, back on IC 404 the same day

Total fare paid: Rs 16,447 (Economy)

Invoice generated for: Rs 44,654 (Business)

...And Without

Bedi did not use the discount on these but her bills were still inflated

* May 6, 2011

Delhi to Ahmedabad on 9W 2064, then to Mumbai on 9W 338 the next day and onward to Pune on 9W 202

Fares paid: Rs 5,569 (Delhi-Ahmedabad), Rs 5,923 (Ahmedabad-Mumbai-Pune)

Bills submitted for/amounts received: Rs 21,234 (Business), Rs 20,763 (Economy)

FICCI Ladies Organisation-Ahmedabad chapter paid, by HDFC cheques

* March 24, 2011

Delhi to Chandigarh on IT 4635, back the same day on IT 4634

Total fare paid: Rs 9,121

Bill submitted for/amount received: Rs 15,278 (Economy)

Paid by Canara Bank cheque

* March 19, 2011

Delhi to Bangalore on AI 506, back the same day on 9W 812

Fares paid: Rs 5,645, Rs 7,935

Bill submitted for/amount received: Rs 48,584 (Business)

Paid by Indian Bank cheque

* November 11, 2010

Delhi to Mumbai on IT 308, back the same day on IC 605

Fares paid: Rs 7,476, Rs 6,773

Bills submitted for/amounts received: Rs 46,887 (Business)

Mumbai-based Lintas India Pvt Ltd paid, by HSBC cheque

* June 18, 2010

Bangalore to Pune on IT 3409, then to Delhi on 9W 364 the same day

Fares paid: Rs 3,676 and Rs 8,046

Bills submitted for/amounts received: Rs 29,666. Bill cited Economy for Bangalore-Pune, Businesss for Pune-Delhi.

Mumbai-based Cathedral Vidya Trust paid, by HDFC cheque

* May 22, 2010

Delhi to Jaipur on IT 4315, back the same day on IT 4313

Total fare paid: Rs 7,042

Bills submitted for/amounts received: Rs 14,057. (Economy)

Rajasthan College of Engg for Women paid, by SBI cheque

* December 16, 2009

Delhi to Guwahati on IC 8611, back on IC 8612 the next day

Total fare paid: Rs 17,081

Bill submitted for/ amount received: Rs 39,100 (Economy)

Guwahati-based Sanskriti the Gurukul paid, by HDFC cheque

* August 6, 2009

Delhi to Mumbai on IC 165, back the same day on IC 888

Total fare paid: Rs 8,689

Bill submitted for/amount received: Rs 32,495 (Business)

Mumbai-based Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad paid, by SBI cheque

* June 13, 2009

Delhi to Bangalore on IT 3212, back the next day on IC 804

Fares paid: Rs 6,728 and Rs 7,672

Bills submitted for/amounts received: Rs 44,862 (Business)

Bangalore-based Centre for Development Education paid, by SBI cheque


The Indian Express, 25 October, 2011, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bedi-says-will-pay-balance-here-are-18-more-fake-bills/864969/


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