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| Insurance scam: CBI summons Satya Pal Malik again | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 21: Six months after questioning him in connection with an alleged insurance scam in the Union Territory, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has again summoned former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik in the same case. Reports said that Malik has been summoned by the CBI for questioning in connection with an alleged insurance scam in the Union Territory.
Reacting to the development, Malik told a news agency that the CBI has asked for his presence at the Akbar Road guesthouse in Delhi for certain clarifications.
“They want certain clarifications for which they want my presence. I am going to Rajasthan so I have given them dates from April 27 to 29 when I am available,”, Malik said.
Notably, Malik had alleged he was offered Rs 300 crore to clear two files- one belonging to a top industrialist of the country and another to an RSS-affiliated man who was a minister in the previous Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP-BJP coalition government.
On April 21, 2022, the CBI registered two cases on a reference from the Jammu and Kashmir government following corruption charges made by former Governor Satya Pal Malik to probe alleged malpractices in the award of two contracts related to civil works worth about Rs 2,200 crore and a group health insurance scheme. Reports said that the team of CBI took details of his observations earlier this week.
Although officers are tightlipped over the questioning of Satya Pal Malik, unconfirmed reports suggested that the team of CBI sought proof and other evidence from the former Governor to substantiate his allegations that when he was J&K Governor, he was offered Rs 300 crores in bribes to clear two files.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two cases after corruption charges made by Satya Pal Malik. The cases were registered to probe alleged malpractices in the award of two contracts related to civil works worth about Rs 2,200 crore and a group health insurance scheme.
In the first case pertaining to the Kiru Hydroelectric power project, the agency has named Indian Administrative Service officer Navin Kumar Choudhary, as the then chairman of Chenab Valley Power Projects (P) Limited (CVPPPL), its then managing director M.S. Babu, then directors M.K. Mittal and Arun Kumar Mishra, besides Patel Engineering Limited, as accused.
According to the reports, the first case involves the 2019 award of the civil works contract to Patel Engineering, in which e-tendering guidelines were allegedly not followed despite the CVPPPL Board's decision.
The second FIR alleges irregularities in the award of contract for the Jammu and Kashmir Employees Health Care Insurance Scheme and the release of about Rs 60 crore in 2017-18. The charge primarily relates to the process adopted and rates fixed under the scheme. |
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