Tehelka case: Jaitly, 2 others put on trial

A Delhi court on Monday ordered trial of former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly and two others for allegedly taking bribe to influence a fictitious defence deal in 2000. Special CBI Judge Kawal Jeet Arora put Jaitely, her erstwhile party colleague Gopal Pacherwal and retired Major General S P Murgai on trial after they pleaded "not guilty" to the charges framed by the court against them for conspiring with each other and "accepting gratification" for obtaining supply order of defence equipment in favour of a private firm. The court framed charges against the trio for offences of criminal conspiracy under the IPC and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act dealing with 'taking gratification for exercise of personal influence with public servant'.