Delhi Jal Board case: ED information first chargesheet, accuses AAP of taking kickbacks
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed its first chargesheet in reference to the Delhi Jal Board cash laundering case, sources advised information company PTI on Saturday.
The ED filed about-8,000-page-long prosecution criticism within the case which is linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). It was filed earlier than a particular Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket in Delhi on March 28, the sources mentioned.
“The court docket has listed the matter for April 1 for taking cognisance of the chargesheet,” they added.
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What ED mentioned in chargesheet?
The monetary probe company named 4 people and one firm as “accused” within the case. They embrace former Delhi Jal Board chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora, contractor Anil Kumar Agarwal, former NBCC basic supervisor DK Mittal, one Tejinder Singh and NKG Infrastructure Restricted.
In keeping with PTI, the ED alleged that bribe cash generated from corruption in a contract issued by the DJB was “handed on” as election funds to the ruling Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) in Delhi.
An FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the idea of the ED case. The FIR had accused former DJB chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora of awarding a DJB contract to NKG Infrastructure Restricted for a complete value of ₹38 crore even though the corporate “didn’t meet” the technical eligibility standards.
The Enforcement Directorate additional alleged that the NKG Infrastructure Restricted bagged the contract by submitting “cast” paperwork and Arora “was conscious of the truth that the corporate doesn’t meet the technical eligibility”.
As per sources, the ED’s assertion alleged that Arora “obtained” bribe in money and in financial institution accounts after awarding the contract to NKG Infrastructure Restricted.
Arora allegedly “handed on” the cash to varied individuals managing the DJB affairs, together with “individuals linked with the AAP”. Accusing the AAP of taking kickbacks, the federal company alleged, “Bribe quantities have been additionally handed on as election funds to the AAP.”
The ED arrested Arora and contractor Anil Kumar Agarwal within the case on January 31.
The ED sought prosecution of those accused underneath the Cash Laundering Act and knowledgeable that it would file supplementary complaints sooner or later.
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