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              Shimla: Eight witnesses 
              Monday deposed in a Himachal Pradesh court against All India 
              Congress Committee secretary Asha Kumari in a 1998 land garb case.
 The former state education minister 2003-05, Asha Kumari is 
              accused of allegedly grabbing government forest land worth crores 
              of rupees by tampering with revenue records.
 
 Superintendent of Police (Vigilance) P.S. Thakur told IANS that 
              the recording of evidence in the case would continue till Dec 7 
              before Special Judge Chirag Bhanu Singh in Chamba town, some 450 
              km from here.
 
 The court framed charges of cheating and criminal conspiracy Aug 
              14 against Asha Kumari, who re-contested the assembly polls from 
              Dalhousie in Chamba district, along with 12 other accused, 
              including her late husband Brijender Singh.
 
 On Jan 4, 2005, the Chamba court charged Asha Kumari and others 
              with grabbing more than 60 bighas of forest land near Dalhousie by 
              tampering with government records and fabricating wills in 
              connivance with revenue officials.
 
 In December last year, the Supreme Court ruled that cheating and 
              criminal conspiracy charges against Asha Kumari could not be 
              quashed.
 
 Challenging the trial court order, Asha Kumari had moved the 
              Himachal Pradesh High Court which granted her relief by setting 
              aside the Chamba court's order on the grounds that she was denied 
              an opportunity of being heard properly.
 
 
 
 
 
 
                
               
 
 
              
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