Court to cops: File fresh status report

A city court here asked the Delhi police to file a fresh status report against chief minister Sheila Dikshit on the alleged misuse of government funds in a 2008 campaign before the Assembly polls as the previous report “does not disclose steps taken by the investigating agency”, said the court.

Special judge Narottam Kaushal directed the police to file the fresh status report by August 17. “I have also gone through the report. I am satisfied that the report does not disclose steps taken by the investigating agency on allegations made in the complaint.”

According to the complaint by ex- Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta, the report submitted by the Delhi police does not disclose the steps taken by the investigation agency, in which chief minister Sheila Dikshit is alleged to have misused government funds to the tune of ` 22.56 crores for the ad campaign before the Assembly polls.

The police in its report placed before the court had said it should be left to the President to take a decision on the Lokayukta’s recommendation on the alleged misuse of public funds by Dikshit in a 2008 ad campaign ahead of the Assembly polls.

In the status report submitted before the court, the police said that as the allegations do not constitute a criminal offence, so, there is no basis for the police to carry out any enquiry/ i nvestigation into the complaint.

The BJP leader had earlier also filed a complaint before Delhi Lokayukta justice Manmohan Sarin who had on May 22 indicted Dikshit for allegedly misusing government funds.