India, Jan. 17 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has filed a chargesheet against a contractor and some companies in a case linked to alleged misappropriation of public funds in the construction of the new complex of the Gauhati High Court bench in Kohima, Nagaland.

The Kohima bench of the high court had taken cognisance of a 2017 PIL that alleged misappropriation of public money and the sub-standard construction work of its new complex and ordered a CBI investigation.

The CBI registered a case against officials of the Nagaland Public Works Department (PWD) and Government contractors in June 2019.

The ED case stems from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) complaint.

The agency said a chargesheet was filed befo...