The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday sought permission from the Supreme Court for transferring trial of the sex CD case, in which Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is an accused, to outside the state, The Indian Express reported. The investigation agency submitted that some of the witnesses in the case are being threatened, according to PTI.
“The witnesses are from Delhi, some from Bombay…It is impossible that they would travel to Chhattisgarh when one of the accused is the chief minister,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta said, appearing for CBI. “The trial needs to be shifted to Delhi or any other place as long as it is outside of Chhattisgarh.”
Senior Advocate ANS Nadkarni, appearing for co-accused Kailash Murarka, said that since several allegations have been made against the state government, it will be appropriate if the state of Chhattisgarh is impleaded as a party in the plea, according to PTI. To this, Mehta said that “impleadment is…