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CBI files chargesheet Haryana MLAs for abettment to suicide

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a charge-sheet against Haryana legislators Om Prakash Jain and Zile Ram Sharma for abetting the suicide of a former village sarpanch in the state’s Karnal district.

The investigating agency filed the charge sheet in the court of special judicial magistrate, CBI, Panchkula in Haryana against Jain, legislator from Panipat and a former transport minister, his aide Rajender Sharma and Zile Ram, who represents Assand. The charge sheet was filed in a case relating to the unnatural death of Karam Singh, ex-sarpanch of Kambopura village of Karnal in Haryana.

‘The agency framed charges of abetment of suicide,’ said a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) official.

The case was registered by CBI on 25 September, 2012 after the order of Punjab and Haryana High Court. Earlier the case was registered 7 June, 2011 at Civil Lines police station in Karnal relating to the alleged murder of Singh.

The allegations were that Zile Ram had taken Rs.4.95 lakh from Singh for the recruitment of a candidate, a resident of village Chhot in Kaithal district, in an official post.
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