New Delhi, March 28 -- Former chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal has been booked for allegedly misusing public funds on large hoardings in 2019. The court has scheduled the hearing for April 8, allowing the police time to conduct further probe into the matter.

The FIR, approved by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal, also names former MLA Gulab Singh and former Dwarka councillor Nitika Sharma. The complaint, filed in 2019, accuses the trio of "deliberately misused public money by putting up large-sized hoardings."

Earlier this month, the Rouse Avenue Court allowed a petition seeking an FIR against Kejriwal and others for these allegations. While a metropolitan magistrate had dismissed the complaint in 2022, a sessions ...