HAJ CONTROVERSY: The call to millions of the faithful means just the sound of cold hard cash to some.
CNN-IBN SPECIAL INVESTIGATION
By Suhasini Haider & Naveen Nair for CNN-IBN
With hundreds of millions of Indian Muslims wanting to go on this pilgrimage of a lifetime, the annual system of allocating Haj quotas is anything but tamper-proof. A CNN-IBN special investigation exposes a major racket in allocation of quotas for the annual haj pilgrimage. A travel agency in Kerala gets a bulk of seats and sells it at exorbitant prices. Some MPs are even linking the company to former external affairs minister of state, E. Ahmed, who is now the Junior Railway Minister. [Updated : 0139 hrs IST]
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