100 days after raid CBI files no chargesheet

CBI superintendent Vidya Kulkarni told this paper on Thursday that media will be told when the chargesheet is filed

“Investigation is on… Before we complete it,we cannot reveal the stages,” she said.

Kulkarni said there was no need for it to file the chargesheet within 90 days. “The crime manual of CBI is different,” she said.

Kannan Nambiar,the medical vendor who filed the complaint against the hospital,has approached CBI headquarters. “I have sent a complaint to CBI Delhi regarding inaction of its local unit… but there has been no movement though I have submitted all evidence…,” Nambiar told this paper.

The CBI pointed out that they were awaiting approval from the Army sanctioning authority to move forward. “This apparently takes months. Once we get sanction,we will take appropriate action,” Kulkarni said.

In case the Army denies access to CBI officers,they can declare the stores officer an absconder under Section 82 and 83 of CrPC,said criminal lawyer Sushil Mancharkar. “It can then file a chargesheet under Section 299 (CrPC),” he said.

Nambiar says he perceives a threat to his life but will go on. “I was barred from the tender process of medicine purchase. If you stand up against wrong,this is what happens. I filed two RTI applications. Both were rejected by the hospital commandant. I did not give up. I went to Delhi to file RTI appeals for which I had to waste time and money,” he said. In the letter,Nambiar urged CBI Delhi to provide him justice as in the eyes of the law,a bribe of Rs 20,000 or Rs 2 lakh is equal.

Nambiar has also sent a complaint to the Director-General of Armed Forces Medical Service,New Delhi.