New Delhi, March 13 -- A Special CBI court at New Delhi returned the charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2016 in the Antrix Devas Deal case after 10 years for want of jurisdiction. However, the court granted liberty to the CBI to file the charge sheet before the competent court at Bengaluru.

One of the accused, Veena S Rao, sought transfer of the case as all the alleged offences took place at Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Special CBI Judge Atul Krishna Agrawal returned the charge sheet after allowing the application of Veena S Rao, which she had moved through advocate Chirag Madan.

"Accordingly, the present case file, along with its annexures and all documents, should be returned to the Investigation Officer (IO)...