India, Feb. 28 -- A city court on Friday recommended a departmental inquiry against an investigating officer (IO) of the CBI for arraying a public servant as an accused while discharging former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and 22 others in the excise-policy case.

Special Judge Jitendra Singh flagged the lapses in the investigation and said in his 598-page order, "The duty of the court is not merely to discount the tainted investigative material, but also to recommend initiation of appropriate departmental proceedings against the erring investigating officer (IO) for framing accused 1 (Kuldeep Singh) as an accused."

Earlier, while orally pronouncing the substantive portions of the verdict, the judge said, "I am recommending a departmen...