Mumbai: Giving a clean chit to Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde in the Adarsh scam, the CBI today told the Bombay High Court it has no evidence to suggest he abused his position as a public servant to secure membership of the controversial society for a person known to him.
The agency also said it does not feel it "legally necessary" to make Shinde, a former Maharashtra Chief Minister, an accused in the case.
The CBI's averment were made in an affidavit filed in response to a petition by social activist Pravin Wategaonkar
seeking Shinde be made an accused in the case as he allegedly owned benami flats in the 32-storey building in upscale Colaba, close to a sensitive defence establishment.
"CBI does not feel it legally necessary to name Sushilkumar Shinde as an accused person in the ongoing investigation being carried out by it," the affidavit states.
According to Wategaonkar's application, Shinde had suggested inclusion of late Major N W Khankhoje as a member of
the Adarsh society.
