ACB filed FIR against AAP leader Satyendra Jain?
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has taken a big step against Satyendra Jain, who was the PWD minister during the aam aadmi party (AAP) government in Delhi. An FIR has been filed against him in a corruption case. It is alleged that he took a bribe of Rs 7 crore to waive off a penalty (Liquidated Damages) of Rs 16 crore in a CCTV project worth Rs 571 crore. The aam aadmi party has reacted sharply to these allegations. party spokesperson priyanka Kakkar said, "This is a very ridiculous allegation. BEL, a Navratna company of the central government, gave a bribe of Rs 7 crore to the delhi government to waive off a penalty of Rs 16 crore."
Kakkar said, "The central government did not go to court to get the penalty waived. Instead, it bribed the delhi Government. I think their government has just been formed in Delhi. They should focus on working. Filing cases in fake cases will not do anything.''
What is the whole matter?
In 2019, the delhi government started a project worth Rs 571 crore to install 1.4 lakh CCTV cameras in 70 assembly constituencies of the capital. This project was given to Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and its contractors. But due to non-completion of the work on time, the delhi government imposed a fine of Rs 16 crore on BEL and its contractors. In this case, the acb has now received a complaint that this fine was waived without any concrete reason. It is also alleged that in return, Satyendra Jain was given a bribe of Rs 7 crore. This bribe was given through those contractors who got further work from BEL.
How did the scam come to light?
The acb first got this information through a media report. The report claimed that the fine given to BEL has been waived under a major corruption. When acb investigated the matter, a BEL official confirmed these allegations and gave full details. After this, acb started the investigation by taking necessary documents from PWD and BEL.
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