Delhi Police on Friday (March 31) informed a court that it has lodged 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 made the submission in its compliance report filed before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal.
On March 11, the judge directed police to lodge the FIR on a complaint that alleged violation of the Prevention of Defacement of Property Act.
The next hearing in the case is on April 18, after police sought time to investigate the matter.
The court ordered the FIR against former MLA Gulab Singh and then Dwarka councilor Nitika Sharma for installing “large-sized” banners.
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.
