NEW DELHI: Spelling more trouble for the incarcerated former Delhi minister, Satyendar Jain, lieutenant governor VK Saxena has given his approval to refer an alleged case of corruption against him regarding the installation of CCTV cameras to Union Ministry of Home Affairs.
According to officials, the anti-corruption branch (ACB) of Delhi govt conducted a preliminary enquiry on a complaint from an employee of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) that Jain had received a bribe of Rs 7 crore for allegedly waiving a penalty of Rs 16 crore imposed on the company for the delay in executing the project.BEL was installing 1.4 lakh closed-circuit television cameras in 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi for Rs 571 crore.
On the basis of ACB’s initial report, the directorate of vigilance of Delhi govt had sought Saxena’s concurrence to refer the matter under Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption (PoC) Act 1998 to the Union home ministry for approving investigation against Jain.
The former minister is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in a money laundering case. LG had earlier this year given his approval for a CBI investigation against Jain for allegedly extorting Rs 10 crore from Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who was then lodged in Tihar Jail in another extortion case.
Officials said the case of corruption against Jain emerged in Sept 2019. Besides the complaint from the BEL employee, officials said, ACB also obtained information from “secret sources”, which corroborated the case. Citing the case file, officials alleged that the bribe money was allegedly paid to Jain through vendors of BEL and “repeat orders” were issued to them, indicating the commission of offence.
“Considering the information provided by ACB and the gravity of allegations/corruption involved in the matter, it was recommended that there was sufficient reasons and grounds to grant permission under Section 17A of PoC Act to allow ACB to conduct investigation in the matter to unearth the truth,” said an official.
Officials said ACB had recorded the statement of the complainant, who faced a departmental enquiry (DE) in connection with the case. “The complainant also provided the copy of minutes of proceedings of DE against him in which he had mentioned about the incident of demand and payment of bribe amount of Rs 7 crore to Jain,” said the official.
Officials said the directorate of vigilance had submitted to LG that a prima facie case under PoC Act was made out against Jain on the basis of the statements of the complainant and other evidence collected in the matter. It added that comments, along with supporting documents, had been sought from Public Works Department, prior to placing the case for approval before LG, but the department could not provide satisfactory reply against the allegations, saying that it was an internal matter of BEL.
According to officials, the anti-corruption branch (ACB) of Delhi govt conducted a preliminary enquiry on a complaint from an employee of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) that Jain had received a bribe of Rs 7 crore for allegedly waiving a penalty of Rs 16 crore imposed on the company for the delay in executing the project.BEL was installing 1.4 lakh closed-circuit television cameras in 70 Assembly constituencies in Delhi for Rs 571 crore.
On the basis of ACB’s initial report, the directorate of vigilance of Delhi govt had sought Saxena’s concurrence to refer the matter under Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption (PoC) Act 1998 to the Union home ministry for approving investigation against Jain.
The former minister is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in a money laundering case. LG had earlier this year given his approval for a CBI investigation against Jain for allegedly extorting Rs 10 crore from Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who was then lodged in Tihar Jail in another extortion case.
Officials said the case of corruption against Jain emerged in Sept 2019. Besides the complaint from the BEL employee, officials said, ACB also obtained information from “secret sources”, which corroborated the case. Citing the case file, officials alleged that the bribe money was allegedly paid to Jain through vendors of BEL and “repeat orders” were issued to them, indicating the commission of offence.
“Considering the information provided by ACB and the gravity of allegations/corruption involved in the matter, it was recommended that there was sufficient reasons and grounds to grant permission under Section 17A of PoC Act to allow ACB to conduct investigation in the matter to unearth the truth,” said an official.
Officials said ACB had recorded the statement of the complainant, who faced a departmental enquiry (DE) in connection with the case. “The complainant also provided the copy of minutes of proceedings of DE against him in which he had mentioned about the incident of demand and payment of bribe amount of Rs 7 crore to Jain,” said the official.
Officials said the directorate of vigilance had submitted to LG that a prima facie case under PoC Act was made out against Jain on the basis of the statements of the complainant and other evidence collected in the matter. It added that comments, along with supporting documents, had been sought from Public Works Department, prior to placing the case for approval before LG, but the department could not provide satisfactory reply against the allegations, saying that it was an internal matter of BEL.
