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A city court on Thursday expressed its dissatisfaction with a police report in the probe into alleged misappropriation of funds by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and directed the Delhi Police to submit a fresh report on August 17.
Former Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta had filed a complaint against Dikshit seeking registration of an FIR on grounds that she had misused public funds to the tune of Rs 22.56 crore and exploited government machinery to publish advertisements during the 2008 election campaign.
The complaint was preceded by an order issued in May by Lokayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin who had indicted Dikshit on Guptas complaint. The Lokayukta had also recommended to President Pranab Mukherjee that Dikshit be advised to reimburse Rs 11 crore spent on advertisements.
Special CBI judge Narottam Kaushal on June 10 had asked the Delhi Police to submit a report. Police submitted a report on Thursday giving a clean chit to Dikshit,stating that the allegations levelled against her were not sufficient to constitute a case of criminal misappropriation.
The report stated that there were no guidelines which regulated the circulation of government advertisement and it was difficult to infer that a offence had been committed. Ajay Burman,Guptas counsel,pointed out that the report did not specify any measures taken by police in the probe.
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