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The IARI in its report said that 75 per cent of the trees The IARI in its report said that 75 per cent of the treesin the orchard could not have started production in 2008. Italso said that 1700 plants were planted within five to sixyears and the orchard could not have produced apples worth Rs5.1 crore as claimed in the ITRs of Singh, the sources said. The forensic examinations of computers seized from UnitedApple Associates that accounts were allegedly tampered in2013-14 to show the backdated payments of the apples, theysaid, adding that that examination also showed that paymentswere made for transport vehicles which were either two-wheeleror non-existent. The sources claimed that probe has found that Pratibha wasan active participant in the routing of allegedly illicitassets. It is alleged in the probe that she allegedly gave Rs98 lakh in cash to businessman V Chandrasekhar for showinginvestment in his company Tarini Infrastructure. It is alleged that the businessman got prepared demanddrafts from three shell companies for showing purchase ofshares worth Rs 98 lakh by them in his company. Another element is purchase of a farm house worth Rs 1.2crore by the son of the chief minister in Dera Mandi area herein 2011. To facilitate the purchase, Rs 90 lakh were allegedlytransferred from Chandrasekhar to Singh while Rs 30 lakh wereallegedly routed through a shell company, the sources said. The agency has found that the farm house whichVikramaditya Singh was claiming to be mere agriculture landwith boundary was was actually a furnished farm house with aswimming pool and out house, they said. The sources also claimed that in her statement the womanwho sold it in in 2008 to one Picheshwar Gade, from whom Singhhad purchased in the property in 2011, had claimed that shehad sold it for Rs 3.90 crore. They said it shows that property was undervalued for atleast Rs 2.7 crore to hide alleged disproportionate assets asproperty price was reduced by same amount for deal which tookplace three years later. The sources said they have also found that Rs 3.90 crorewere transferred from Chandrasekhar to Singh as "unsecuredloan" for the repair of ancestral palace but the immediatelyinvestments were made in Fixed Deposits, immovable properties. They said when asked about source of Rs 3.90 crore,Chandrasekhar had claimed that he earned through chilli andgrain trade but these claims have allegedly found to be false. It has emerged in the probe sale receipts were actuallycreated on his own computers. Besides, the persons whom heclaimed he entered in business reportedly refused toacknowledge any such business dealing with him. PTI ABSZMN