CBI files chargesheet against ex-top Chhattisgarh officer

The CBI on Thursday filed a charge sheet against suspended Principal Secretary of Chhattisgarh B L Agrawal and three others before a special court here in an alleged bribery case.

The agency filed the final report before special judge Virender Kumar Goyal against the accused Agrawal, his relative Anand Agrawal, alleged middleman Bhagwan Singh and Burhanuddin who had claimed he was working in the Prime Minister's Office.

The court fixed April 24 for the consideration of the charge sheet. All accused four accused persons are currently in judicial custody. The agency has alleged that Agrawal, a 1988 batch IAS officer, wanted to "settle" an ongoing CBI probe against him.

According to CBI, the officer was facing investigation in two cases registered in 2010 when he was Health Secretary in the Chhattisgarh government. He has been charge sheeted in one case, while the probe is going on in other.