"This is precisely why the 'state' pursues a criminal action. The public exchequer pays for it. There is a larger public interest in punishing a criminal," he said.
The BJP leader said a departmental or in-house inquiry and a criminal trial complement each other.
Tarun Tejpal should not be offered any escape route: Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: Demanding both a departmental enquiry as well as a criminal trial against the disgraced Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal, senior BJP leader and the Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley today expressed
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