Panchkula, Feb. 16 -- The special judge (CBI) in Panchkula has accepted the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a disproportionate assets (DA) case against Rajiv Kumar Meharwal, the then assistant commissioner of Central Excise, Gurugram-I, and his wife Meena Sharma.

The CBI had registered an FIR on January 10, 2024, under Section 120-B of the IPC and Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. Prior to this, a preliminary enquiry was initiated in June 2023 against the couple over allegations that they possessed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The preliminary enquiry arose from a trap case registered against Rajiv Kumar and one Sunil Sharma....