Delhi Police has registered an FIR against former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly misusing public money by putting up large hoardings in the national capital in 2019. The police said this in its compliance report submitted before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal on Friday. The case revolves around allegations that public money was improperly spent on promoting political messages through extensive hoardings, a matter that has now attracted judicial scrutiny.
The judge on March 11 directed police to lodge the FIR on a complaint that has alleged violation of the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. The court has listed the matter for April 18 for the next hearing after police sought time to investigate the matter. Aside from Kejriwal, the court had ordered the FIR against former MLA Gulab Singh and then Dwarka councilor Nitika Sharma, for installing “large-sized” banners.
What was the matter?
The complaint filed in 2019 alleged that Kejriwal, then Matiala MLA Gulab Singh (AAP) and then Dwarka A ward councilor Nitika Sharma “deliberately misused public money by putting up large-sized hoardings” at various places in the area.