Delhi Jal Board case: ED files first chargesheet, accuses AAP of taking kickbacks
Enforcement Directorate filed about-8,000-page-long prosecution complaint in the case which is linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). It was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi on March 28, the sources said.
"The court has listed the matter for April 1 for taking cognisance of the chargesheet," they added. ALSO READ: All about Delhi Jal Board case in which ED has summoned Arvind Kejriwal, Atishi The financial probe agency named four individuals and one company as "accused" in the case.
They include former Delhi Jal Board chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora, contractor Anil Kumar Agarwal, former NBCC general manager DK Mittal, one Tejinder Singh and NKG Infrastructure Limited. According to PTI, the ED alleged that bribe money generated from corruption in a contract issued by the DJB was "passed on" as election funds to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi.
ALSO READ: Delhi Jal Board case: Arvind Kejriwal skips ED summons, AAP says, ‘when there is bail from court…’ Bribe for contract: An FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the basis of the ED case. The FIR had accused former DJB chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora of awarding a DJB contract to NKG Infrastructure Limited for a total cost of ₹38 crore despite the fact that the company "did not meet" the technical eligibility criteria.
The Enforcement Directorate further alleged that the NKG Infrastructure Limited bagged the contract by submitting "forged" documents and Arora "was aware of the fact that the company does not meet the technical eligibility". ALSO READ: ED issues fresh summons to Arvind Kejriwal for Delhi Jal Board probe; AAP's Atishi calls ‘fake case’ AAP taking
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