New Delhi, July 12: CBI has accused UP
CM Mayawati of being responsible for the delay in
filing its chargesheet in the disproportionate assets case
registered against her and also for making "baseless" charges
of harassment and humiliation.
In a 12-page affidavit, the CBI has informed the Supreme
Court that on its part it had completed its probe in the DA
case against the BSP supremo and her relatives.
"...it is the petitioner, who does not want conclusion
of the investigation and at the same time is baselessly
alleging harassment and humiliation due to ongoing probe. The
so-called delay in conclusion of the probe of the case has
been caused by the petitioner herself," the CBI said its
counter affidavit in the court.
The matter which was listed for hearing on July 13 has
been adjourned for two months after Uttar Pradesh`s Additional
Advocate General Shail Kumar Dwivedi yesterday told a Bench
headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan that the state
government would file a counter to the agency`s affidavit.
The CBI, while giving a point-by-point reply to the
affidavit filed by Mayawati in the court, said "the petitioner
never wanted the investigation to be concluded, which is clear
from series of representations filed by the petitioner and her
relatives expressing shock."
About her claim that a CBI official had visited BSP`s
Parliament Member Brijesh Pathak`s house on or before July 22,
2008 seeking support for UPA government at the Centre, the CBI
denied it vehemently saying it was an attempt to malign the
reputation of the CBI.
Bureau Report
