Chandigarh, July 16 -- The husband of former Haryana civil services (HCS) officer Shilpy Pattar has moved an application before a Chandigarh CBI court seeking his discharge from the 2017 graft case, arguing that no material on record supports proceeding against him. The case is currently at the stage of framing of charges.

In his application, husband, Dheeraj Dutt, contended that he was falsely implicated in the case and that the original complaint dated August 4, 2017, made no allegations against him. He further submitted that the CBI's verification report only recommended registering a case against co-accused GS Brar and specifically recorded that no demand was made against Shilpy Pattar at that stage.

The plea also states that the ve...