PWD scam: Firm owned by Kejriwal’s kin named in ACB FIRs
The Anti-Corruption Branch today registered three separate FIRs in an alleged PWD scam, including one against the company of Delhi Chief Minister’s late brother-in-law Surender Kumar Bansal.
The FIRs have been registered on the basis of a complaint filed by founder of Roads Anti-Corruption Organisation (RACO) Rahul Sharma alleging irregularities in the grant of contracts for roads and sewer lines in Delhi in 2015-16. “Three cases have been registered on a complaint by RACO.
Since there are three separate companies, three separate FIRs under the sections of forgery, cheating and Prevention of Corruption Act have been registered,” said ACB chief Mukesh Kumar Meena. In the FIR registered yesterday, three companies have been named– Renu Constructions, owned by Bansal, who died yesterday, Kamal Singh and Pawan Kumar. Meena said that it has been found during investigation that fake bills were attached for materials that weren’t even supplied and some of the bills were of companies that do not exist or supply those materials.
The officer said that the probe ahead will focus on the possible involvement of PWD officers. In his complaint, Sharma had also alleged that Kejriwal and PWD minister Satyendra Jain had misused their office for grant of contracts to Bansal. However, …read more
