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  • CBI summons ‘complainant’ Dehadrai in Moitra case

    CBI has summoned Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai on January 25 for recording his statement in connection with its inquiry against Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra in the alleged ‘cash for query’ scandal.

    Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha last month after the House’s ethics committee recommended her disqualification over her alleged involvement in the scandal. Dehadrai is the complainant in the case.

    In October, he had placed the evidence against Moitra before the Lok Sabha ethics committee. The committee’s recommendation against Moitra followed a complaint by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who alleged that Moitra had accepted cash in exchange for asking certain questions in Parliament.Moitra has been accused of asking several questions in Parliament pertaining to the Adani Group of companies at the behest of rival businessman Darshan Hiranandani. Moitra is also alleged to have shared her Lok Sabha log-in credentials with Hiranandani.

    The Trinamool leader was found guilty by the ethics committee, which held that Moitra’s lapses called for “severe punishment”. Moitra has denied the accusations levelled against her.

  • Lokpal-referred complaint against Mahua Moitra: CBI asks lawyer Dehadrai to appear before it

    New Delhi: The CBI has asked lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai to appear before it on Thursday in connection with its probe against former TMC MP Mahua Moitra in a Lokpal-referred corruption complaint against her, officials said Tuesday. Dehadrai, who was once close to Moitra, had levelled serious corruption allegations against the former MP which were strongly refuted by her, they said.

    The agency has asked Dehadrai to appear before the AC-3 unit of the agency at 2 PM on Thursday to record his version, they said.

    The CBI has started a probe into the allegations of corruption against Moitra on a reference from the anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had approached the Lokpal with a complaint against Moitra over allegations that she had taken bribes to raise questions in Parliament.

    Last month, Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha after the House adopted the report of its Ethics Committee that held her guilty of accepting gifts and illegal gratification from a businessman to further his interest.

    Moitra has challenged her expulsion in the Supreme Court.