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A three-member Lokpal bench has directed the CBI to file an FIR and conduct a thorough investigation within six months into allegations of quid pro quo against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra. The accusations involve allowing Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani to utilize her Parliament portal login to submit at least 58 questions, all drafted by him from various locations like the UAE, US, and Bengaluru.
Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra
NEW DELHI: A three-member bench of
Lokpal
on Tuesday asked
CBI
to register an FIR and investigate within six months all allegations related to quid pro quo against
Trinamool Congress
leader
Mahua Moitra
for allowing
Dubai-based businessman
Darshan Hiranandani to use her
Parliament portal login
to post at least 58 questions, all typed by him from different locations, including the UAE, US and Bengaluru.
The bench, headed by Justice Abhilasha Kumari and comprising Archana Ramasundaram & Mahender Singh, said it found allegations against the former LS MP “extremely serious” which needed a deeper probe. Lokpal has taken cognisance of the preliminary report submitted by CBI and passed the judgment after hearing Moitra’s lawyer.
It rejected Moitra’s lawyer’s submission that Lokpal had no jurisdiction to entertain the complaint in light of Section 14(2) of the Act. The complaint against Moitra was made by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey who cited letters from Moitra’s former companion advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai as evidence.
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