CBI Wants to Arrest Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, Moves Court

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh faces arrest in a corruption case with the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI moving the Supreme Court for permission. The court will hear the petition on October 26.

The CBI has told the court that it wants to arrest and question the Chief Minister, who is accused of racking up illegal wealth, far more than his known sources of income.

The investigation is stuck, the agency told the court, as the High Court had stopped it from interrogating Mr Singh and had granted him protection.

Mr Singh was charged with accumulating disproportionate assets when he was union minister for mining in the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.

The CBI has also asked the top court to transfer the case from the Himachal Pradesh High Court to Delhi.

A bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu agreed to hear the CBI’s petition on the first working day after the Dussehra holidays.