Omar Abdullah does not figure in CBI probe: Chidambaram

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 19:39

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New Delhi: Home Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday categorically said that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah's name did not figure in the probe into a sex scandal that had rocked the state in 2006.

"The CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) has concluded the case and his (Abdullah) name does not figure in the list of the 17 accused chargesheeted," Chidambaram told reporters outside the ministry's North Block headquarters.

According to sources in the CBI, a status report on the investigation has been sent to the Home Ministry.

An emotional Abdullah resigned from office Tuesday after the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alleged his involvement in the 2006 sex scandal.

Declaring that he was guilty until proven innocent and would not get back to work till his name was cleared, Abdullah strode out of the assembly after an emotional outburst that stunned his party - and political watchers - with the suddenness with which events unfolded.

Kashmir Governor NN Vohra accepted the resignation of Abdullah, 39, who became the country's youngest chief minister when his National Conference came to power in alliance with the Congress in January this year, and asked him to remain in office till a successor was sworn in.

Bureau Report

First Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 19:39

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Nana Gupta - New Delhi
I admire Mr Omar’s high sense of morality and responsibility. I am sure he truly means it and will not take back his resignation, like the false show of Advani, until proved innocent, irrespective of what Chidambaram or CBI would say. I wish the same decency prevailed with the members of other political parties and other organs of the State also. There are substantive allegations of moral turpitude, crime, corruption, disproportionate assets, etc against various so-called leaders but they shamelessly continue in their public positions. Omar is right that a person should be deemed guilty until he/she proves himself/herself not-guilty, and not vice versa. If Omar is proved innocent, his tormentor – Beg – should be punished sternly. The enquiry should be completed within a month. Some people are not willing to have their declarations of assets being placed in the public domain, why? Where is the room for embarrassment if they have amassed their wealth by lawful means? Similarly, we have a minister who had pleaded that he was not aware of the unlawful activities of his wife. We need people like Omar in the high positions of power. I wish him a long and happy life.

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pakigandubaluchsher - soes not matter
this is terrrific, a true example of strength, honour,valour, dignity.

He is an ideal. This is a very good example created in front of politicians...he is a true politician....and i believe one day he comes back to the office again as CM.