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NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Three of the accused arrested in the ‘Rail-gate’ scam have questioned the decision of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to make former Union railways minister Pawan Kumar Bansal a prosecution witness. During arguments on the bail pleas, the counsel for the accused Rahul Yadav, Sameer Sandhir and Sushil Daga argued in a Delhi court on Friday that Bansal who should have been the accused had been allowed to go scot-free. The counsel said that the CBI was implicating the three even though they were not involved in the principle conspiracy in the case. The day the CBI made Bansal a witness in the case, the court should have discharged all the accused. In which direction is the investigation going on? They are implicating these poor persons and the person who should have been made accused is set free. CBI judge reserved the order on their bail plea for July 9. The CBI, in its charge-sheet, against 10 accused including Bansal’s nephew Vijay Singla has made Bansal as a prosecution witness. The case relates to the appointment of Mahesh Kumar member (staff) of Railway Board to the post of member (electrical) allegedly for a bribe of Rs 10 crore.