"No Wrongdoing": CBI Shuts Case Vs NCP's Praful Patel, Who Is Now In NDA
NDTV
The case was registered in 2017 to probe the allegations of irregularities in leasing aircraft for Air India.
Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel has been let off in an alleged corruption case as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) concluded there was no "evidence of any wrongdoing". The case was registered in 2017 to probe the allegations of irregularities in leasing aircraft for Air India.
CBI has filed a closure report at a special court in Delhi. After going through the probe agency's findings, the court will decide whether to accept the report or continue the investigation.
Allegations had been made that under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, a large number of Air India aircraft were leased which hit the airlines' finances severely. The charges claimed that Air India made huge losses after the move while private persons made pecuniary gains.
