New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Bharatnatyam dancer and former Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi Leela Samson, has been book by the central probe agency, Central Bureau of Investigation over alleged "unfruitful expenditure" in Rs 7.02-crore renovation project of Koothambalam auditorium of Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai.
The then officers of the Foundation, including Chief Accounts Officer TS Murthi, Accounts Officer S Ramachandran, Engineering Officer V Srinivasan and proprietor of CARD and Chennai Engineers have been booked with Ms. Samson, who is a Padma Shree awardee and also a former Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification.
The Chief Vigilance Officer of the Culture Ministry, in a complaint to the probe agency has alleged the o...