The Enforcement Directorate has made a startling allegation, claiming that funds derived from alleged corruption inside a Delhi Jal Board (DJB) contract have been “passed on” as election funds to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). According to a press release by the central company, incriminating paperwork, digital proof, valuables amounting to Rs 1.97 crore, and international foreign money value Rs 4 lakh have been seized throughout raids performed in reference to this case on Tuesday.
It had raided the premises of Bibhav Kumar, private assistant to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Rajya Sabha MP ND Gupta and a few others as a part of its cash laundering investigation.
What did the ED say?
The company mentioned that arrested former chief engineer of DJB, Jagdish Kumar Arora, “received” bribe in money and in financial institution accounts after awarding a DJB contract to an organization known as NKG Infrastructure Ltd. and that he passed on this cash to numerous individuals managing the affairs at DJB together with individuals related with AAP. “Bribe amounts were also passed on as election funds to AAP,” it claimed.
Delhi minister Atishi claimed in a press briefing early within the day that the officers of the company simply sat in the lounge of Bibhav Kumar and took with them solely two Gmail account downloads and three household telephones.
What did ED investigation reveal?
ED investigation additional revealed that the contract of DJB was awarded at extremely inflated charges in order that bribes could possibly be collected from the contractors from the inflated price of the contract. As towards the contract worth of Rs. 38 Crore, solely about Rs 17 Crore was spent in the direction of the contract and the remaining quantities have been siphoned off within the guise of assorted pretend bills. Such pretend bills have been booked for bribes and election funds, the assertion added.
During the search, numerous incriminating paperwork and digital proof have been discovered and seized. Valuables amounting to Rs. 1.97 Crore and international foreign money equal to Rs. 4 lakh have additionally been seized through the search. The ED had earlier performed searches in July as effectively as November 2023 and had seized numerous digital proof.
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