New Delhi. A Delhi court on Friday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the bail plea of CA Tejinder Pal Singh, a key accused in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of contracts in the Delhi Jal Board. Special Judge Bhupinder Singh of Rouse Avenue Court directed the agency to respond to the bail plea and fixed the next hearing of the case on April 8. The court on Thursday had directed the investigating agency to give a copy of the charge sheet to the accused in connection with the case.
The ED, in its charge sheet filed in a court here, claimed that more than Rs 2 crore was transferred for election funding of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Those named in the charge sheet include former Delhi Jal Board (DJB) chief engineer Jagdish Kumar Arora, contractor Anil Kumar Aggarwal, former NBCC general manager D.K. Mittal, Tejinder Pal Singh, and NKG Infrastructure Limited, whose director has passed away and hence has not been made an accused in the case.
Arora and Aggarwal, who are currently in judicial custody, were produced before the court by the authorities following directions issued by the court on Wednesday, while Tejinder Pal Singh appeared before the court in response to the summons issued earlier. Meanwhile, the fourth accused, Mittal, filed an application seeking exemption from personal appearance for the day. Fixing the next hearing for April 20, the court has kept the matter for examination of the documents related to the case. This case pertains to alleged corruption in the tender for purchase of flow meters. Initially, the CBI had registered an FIR in December 2021. The FIR claims that Arora along with three subordinates conspired to issue false certificates to NKG Infrastructure.
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In July 2022, the CBI registered a case against Arora and others under various sections including criminal conspiracy and cheating. ED also registered a case in September 2022 and later conducted raids. In January, Arora and Aggarwal were arrested by the ED for alleged bribery related to the contract. Aggarwal is accused of transferring Rs 3 crore as bribe to Arora’s relatives and associates.
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Tags: AAP, Enforcement directorate, Money Laundering, Money Laundering Case
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 5, 2024, 22:02 IST