CBI tells SC it's ready with chargesheet against Maya

Virtually driving the last nail into the coffin of an uneasy relationship between Congress-led UPA and BSP supremo Mayawati, the CBI

has told Supreme Court it has prepared and vetted the chargesheet against her in the disproportionate assets case.

If the SC clears the chargesheet, the curtains would go up on a high-voltage political drama as summons would be served on her, raising the possibility of arrest and Mayawati seeking bail. The CBI said the chargesheet against her has received the green signal from the competent authority for being filed in the trial court.

On May 15 last year, the SC observed that it would like to see the probe details before passing any order on the case. The court said this in response to Mayawati’s petition seeking quashing of the FIR in the DA case on the grounds that the Centre was using CBI to settle political scores.

In its fresh affidavit, the CBI said: ‘‘The competent authority has already taken a decision to file final report (chargesheet) under Section 173 of the Criminal Procedure Code in the trial court.’’ The CBI’s 12-page affidavit was filed a good six days ahead of the scheduled hearing of the case on July 13.

The CBI said the pendency of Mayawati’s plea was only delaying the chargesheet. However, additional advocate general Shail K Dwivedi on Friday sought two weeks’ time from a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and P Sathasivam to enable the CM to file her reply to the CBI’s latest affidavit.

Maya trying to shift focus, says CBI

The CBI told the Supreme Court on Friday that that it has prepared and vetted the chargesheet against UP CM Mayawati in the disproportionate assets case. When the Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and P Sathasivam asked additional advocate general Shail K Dwivedi to make the request on Monday, Dwivedi said he would circulate a letter seeking adjournment of hearing on Mayawati’s petition.

But, the CBI was unequivocal in its stand. ‘‘The investigations have revealed that Maya-wati and her relatives had acqu-ired large assets in the period immediately prior to registration of the case on Oct 5, 2003, which were beyond their known sources of income,’’ it said.

Courtesy:times of India

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