The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday registered a first information report against former Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the alleged cash-for-query case.
The agency filed the case two days after the Lokpal, the anti-corruption ombudsman, directed it to investigate allegations against her.
Moitra was expelled from Parliament on December 8 based on a motion moved by Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi. The motion was based on a recommendation by the Lok Sabha’s Ethics Committee that had found Moitra guilty of having shared her login credentials to the Parliamentary website with Dubai-based businessman Darshan Hiranandani and accepting gifts in exchange for asking the questions in Parliament.
The allegations against the vocal critic of ruling-BJP were made in October by Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, her estranged partner.
