By IANS
New Delhi : Pulling up Delhi Police for neglecting duty, the Delhi High Court Tuesday asked them to investigate a scandal in which 11 members of parliament were caught on camera accepting money to raise questions in parliament.
The court asked the police to probe the matter within two months and submit a report before it.
“The whole country had watched the sting operation (telecast by a TV news channel in December 2005), but the police seem to have no eyes and no ears,” Justice S.N. Dhingra said while directing the police not to single out some persons or leave out the members of parliament (MPs).
It is the obligation of Delhi Police to book all those people involved in the offence of taking money for raising questions in parliament, the court said, while passing the order on a petition filed by Anirudh Bahal, editor-in-chief of news portal Cobra Post, which carried out the undercover operation.
As many as 11 MPs, 10 from the Lok Sabha and one from the Rajya Sabha, were expelled from the houses after they were caught on hidden camera demanding money for raising questions in parliament.