The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided premises linked to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal secretary and others connected to the Aam Aadmi Party. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) also launched raids on Bibhav Kumar, the personal secretary of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha member ND Gupta, and others in connection with a money laundering probe related to the siphoning of funds from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), people familiar with the development said.
The agency has searched at 10 locations linked to the personal secretary as part of its money laundering probe. The raids are in connection with the money laundering probe linked to the alleged Delhi Jal Board case. The agency is searching the premises linked to Kejriwal’s secretary Bibhav Kumar, Rajya Sabha member ND Gupta and others.
The agency had, on January 31, arrested Jagdish Kumar Arora (former chief engineer of DJB) and Anil Kumar Aggarwal (a businessman) in the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
ED initiated investigations in the case based on an FIR (first information report) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which contained scheduled offenses related to corruption/bribery in DJB.
The FIR alleged that Jagdish Kumar Arora [the then chief engineer, DJB] awarded certain contract in Delhi Jal Board to M/s NKG Infrastructure Ltd. for a total cost of ₹38,02,33,080 although the company did not meet the technical eligibility criteria.
“ED investigation revealed that NKG Infrastructure Ltd obtained the bid by submitting forged/fake/false documents. Jagdish Kumar Arora was aware of the fact that the company does not meet the technical eligibility criteria for sanctioning of the tender for SITC of Electromagnetic flow meter. NKG Infrastructure Ltd sub-contracted the work to Integral Screws Ltd, a proprietorship firm of Anil Kumar Aggarwal. On receipt of funds, Anil Kumar Aggarwal transferred the bribe amount ₹3 crore to Jagdish Kumar Arora through cash and bank accounts,” ED said in a statement last week.
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