CBI files chargesheet against former Congress MLA

New Delhi: The CBI has filed a chargesheet
against a former Congress MLA from Sangrur in Punjab for
allegedly receiving fund from abroad in contravention of the
provisions of foreign exchange law.

In the chargesheet filed before the Tis Hazari court,
the agency has accused Arvind Khanna of violating the Foreign
Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), 1976, an official
spokesperson said in New Delhi.

"A case was registered against him in 2007 on the
allegations of accepting contribution from foreign sources in
his savings bank account in a New Delhi-based foreign bank in
contravention of provisions of FCRA, 1976 from nine overseas
companies, trusts based in United Kingdom", the spokesperson
said.

PTI