New Delhi: The ED on Tuesday levelled recent allegations of corruption in opposition to the AAP, saying a former Delhi Jal Board chief engineer had “transferred” Rs 2 crore of bribe cash to his colleagues within the division and the ruling social gathering in Delhi as election funds.
“We, nevertheless, condemn the ED’s blatantly false allegation that AAP or its leaders have something to do with this case. Not a single rupee or piece of proof has been recovered from any of the AAP leaders, regardless of many raids by the ED,” the AAP claimed.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had made an analogous allegation in February in a press assertion, saying “bribe cash” generated from corruption in a DJB contract was “handed on” as election funds to the Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP).
The ED issued a summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal not too long ago for questioning within the case however he didn’t depose earlier than the federal company. Within the meantime, the AAP nationwide convener was arrested by the ED in a cash laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage.
The recent allegation in opposition to the AAP was made because the ED stated on Tuesday it has provisionally connected belongings price Rs 8.Eight crore of Jagdish Kumar Arora, a former chief engineer of the DJB; his spouse Alka Arora, sub-contractor and proprietor of Integral Screw Industries Anil Kumar Aggarwal and NKG Infrastructure Restricted, the corporate that was given the DJB contract.
Jagdish Kumar Arora and Aggarwal had been arrested by the ED in January and they’re presently in judicial custody.
A cost sheet was additionally filed in opposition to all these individuals, besides Alka Arora, by the company not too long ago.
The cash laundering case stems from an FIR lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
In a press release, the ED stated NKG Infrastructure Restricted bagged the contract by submitting “solid, faux and false” paperwork. Jagdish Kumar Arora was conscious of the truth that the corporate didn’t meet the technical eligibility standards for the tender, the company claimed.
NKG Infrastructure Restricted sub-contracted the work to Integral Screws Restricted.
“Out of Rs 24 crore fee acquired by DJB, solely about Rs 14 crore was spent in the direction of the contract work and the remaining quantity was siphoned off/spent for bribes.
“Jagdish Kumar Arora acquired a bribe of Rs 3.19 crore out of which he transferred Rs 2 crore to different Delhi Jal Board officers and Aam Aadmi Social gathering as election fund,” the ED has alleged.
The ED, by naming AAP with none proof, has confirmed it’s nothing however a “mouthpiece and a political wing” of the BJP, the AAP hit again in its assertion.
“The ED and CBI have filed over 230 instances in opposition to AAP leaders in final 10 years of Modi authorities but not a single one has been confirmed in courts, the social gathering claimed in its assertion.
“This reveals their solely function is to defame CM Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Social gathering by making a media sensation every single day,” AAP charged.
The social gathering additionally questioned why the ED, if it was actually eager on tackling corruption and cash laundering, isn’t investigating the Rs 55 crore of cash path linking the BJP to an accused within the alleged liquor rip-off of Delhi.
It additionally requested why ED was not probing the case of a witness within the case on the idea of whose assertion Kejriwal was arrested and who was fielded because the BJP’s NDA alliance within the Lok Sabha polls from Andhra Pradesh.
