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Last week, he told the court that his health seriously deteriorated as he was only surviving on chapatis for a month due to the jail's noncompliance in providing him with Jain food.
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Indian Express
2 hours ago
- Indian Express
Day after relief for AAP's Satyendar Jain in PWD hiring case, Delhi govt claims Rs 650-cr fraud in LNJP project
A day after a CBI closure report in a corruption case came as a relief to former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, the BJP government on Tuesday levelled fresh allegations of irregularities in the construction of a new block at the LNJP Hospital under the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh said the government has sent a file to Lt Governor V.K. Saxena for a probe into the matter. The AAP, however, rejected the claims and slammed the ruling BJP over 'frivolous and baseless cases' in a statement. Speaking to the reporters, the PWD Minister claimed that the project's budget was inflated by Rs 650 crore during Jain's tenure as the PWD and health minister. 'There is a difference between the budget sanctioned for the construction of a new block at LNJP Hospital earlier and today. The amount has increased by Rs 650 crore. Jain suggested changes during reviews to benefit the contractors, which led to cost escalation. There was a scam of Rs 650 crore. We have sent a file to the L-G on this matter. He will forward it to either ACB Or CBI for inquiry in the matter,' Singh said. According to officials, a committee was constituted to examine the procedural lapses, which found that the original contract amount was Rs 465 crore, which escalated to Rs 1,139 crore, almost 243% higher. The committee highlighted irregularities and violations in consultancy work under Jain. It also alleged the 'selection of the favoured architect consultant was done through a questionable process that was marred with irregularities and in gross violation of provisions of GFR'. According to documents, the consultancy work was awarded for an area of 84,420 sqm with a value of Rs 5.27 crore to a contractor on nomination basis without calling for any tender as per the decision of the then Health Minister. It also stated that even as six consultants were empanelled, it was specifically noted that financial bids were called separately for each project. 'However this condition was flouted and then arbitrary decision was taken to appoint consultants district wise or region wise, stating that a single consultant with deal with all projects there in… Bids were invited for consultancy work pertaining to district central for an area of 90,000 square metres with the value of Rs. 5.62 crore,' reads the document. Meanwhile, AAP in its response said, 'The BJP and its ministers are obsessed with the ACB, CBI, and ED. Every day, they hatch conspiracies against AAP leaders, waste time drafting baseless and frivolous cases, and squander taxpayers' money on directionless investigations.' On the PWD hiring case, it added, 'Just a day ago, the court taught them a lesson by closing one of the CBI cases against Satyendar Jain. The court clearly stated that the CBI had registered a baseless case with no corruption, no criminality, and no evidence. Yet, the minister's home was raided, and he was harassed for eight years.'
Time of India
7 hours ago
- Time of India
Court accepts CBI closure report against Satyendar Jain
A Delhi court has accepted CBI's closure report in a corruption case against AAP leader Satyendar Jain, citing lack of evidence and absence of sanction. The FIR, registered in 2019, alleged irregularities in hiring a 'creative team' for PWD projects during Jain's tenure as minister. Accusations included bypassing recruitment norms and financial irregularities. Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads New Delhi: A local court on Monday accepted a closure report filed by CBI in a corruption case against former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain. The CBI filed the closure report due to the lack of evidence and absence of FIR was registered in May 2019 against Jain (the then PWD minister, GNCTD) and other PWD officials based on a complaint from the Directorate of Vigilance, Delhi government. It was alleged that there was an irregular engagement of professionals in PWD, a violation of rules, and payments made from unrelated project funds. It was also alleged that Jain and PWD officials irregularly hired a "creative team" of consultants, breaching recruitment and financial regulations.A special CBI judge accepted the CBI final report for closure of the case. "In the absence of any evidence and sanction, the present final report for closure of the FIR is accepted," the special CBI judge ordered on August allegations were of hiring a 17-member creative team of consultants by PWD. The complainant had claimed that outsourcing professionals for PWD projects were allegedly irregular and lacked proper approvals from the relevant finance department. This hiring bypassed standard recruitment procedures, he was further alleged that the expenses were charged to unrelated projects, such as 'Barapullah Phase-III', without clearance from the finance department. There were accusations that there was a reduction in eligibility criteria scope of work was altered, and the process was manipulated to favour a specific agency, Soni Detective & Allied Services Private Limited, thereby violating norms and resulting in financial irregularities
Scroll.in
16 hours ago
- Scroll.in
AAP's Satyendar Jain cleared in 2018 CBI case over alleged PWD hiring irregularities
A Delhi court on Monday accepted the closure report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a 2018 case against Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain over alleged irregularities in hiring consultants for the Public Works Department, The Indian Express reported. The first information report in the matter was filed in 2018 based on a complaint by the Delhi government's Directorate of Vigilance. It alleged that Jain, during his tenure as the Public Works Department minister in the national capital, along with other officials, bypassed recruitment procedures and misused funds by irregularly appointing 17 consultants to its creative team. The CBI in its closure report said that it found 'no criminal activity or wrongful loss to the government'. The central agency said that the hiring was justified due to urgent departmental needs and was done through an open advertisement, which received over 1,700 applications, The Indian Express reported. On Monday, Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh of the Rouse Avenue Courts, citing the report, noted that the CBI could find no 'evidence of criminal conspiracy, abuse of power, pecuniary gain, or wrongful loss to the government exchequer'. Singh said that the central agency found 'no incriminating evidence' to support charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act despite the prolonged investigation. He observed that any alleged lapses amounted at most to administrative irregularities and did not establish criminal intent.
