Delhi court acquits Arvind Kejriwal in defamation case filed by Sheila Dikshit’s former aide
Pawan Khera, who is now a Congress spokesperson, had accused the chief minister of using objectionable language while talking about Dikshit in 2012.
A court in Delhi on Monday acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation case filed by a former aide of Congress leader Sheila Dikshit, PTI reported. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal cited lack of evidence while providing relief to the Aam Aadmi Party leader.
Dikshit’s political secretary Pawan Khera had filed the case after Kejriwal allegedly made defamatory comments about Dikshit in October 2012, when she was the chief minister. Khera, who is a Congress spokesperson now, had accused Kejriwal of using objectionable language while talking about Dikshit during a television show on a power tariff hike.
The following year, Kejriwal moved the Delhi High Court seeking to quash the summons he was issued in the case and the subsequent proceedings.
Delhi Court acquits Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation case filed by Congress leader Pawan Khera who had in 2012 alleged that Kejriwal had defamed Sheila Dikshit, Kejriwal had claimed that there was a nexus between Diskhit and power companies
— ANI (@ANI) November 5, 2018
