Dehradun, Aug 06: A CBI team today questioned former Uttaranchal Revenue Minister Dr Harak Singh Rawat in connection with the unwed mother episode, official sources said. A four-member CBI team reached Rawat's residence here this afternoon and grilled him, they said.
They sought details from Rawat regarding the scandal that forced him to quit the N D Tiwari ministry on June 18.
CBI has registered a case against Rawat on the charge of establishing physical relations against the wishes of a woman on the basis of the statement of Jenny, who gave birth to a boy and claimed was the son of the former minister. The team had questioned Jenny in an earlier trip to Dehradun last month.
On Monday, Rawat filed a criminal defamation suit against Jenny under Sections 120 (B) (Conspiracy), 211 (False charges for committing criminal offences) and 500 (Defamation) of the IPC.
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