CBI quizzes 2 in Delhi CM’s principal secretary case

The CBI, which is probing a corruption case against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s principal secretary Rajendra Kumar, has quizzed two senior officials of the Indian arm of a global software major in connection with the case.

Sources said, “The agency sleuths quizzed two officials of the software firm to verify their association, if any, in the past with the senior IAS officer.” If required, the agency may seek clarification from them again, sources added. The CBI had registered a corruption case against Mr Kumar and others on allegations that he had abused his position by “favouring a particular firm in the last few years in getting tenders from Delhi government departments”. The CBI is also preparing to seek clarification from Mr Kumar again, sources said.

Mr Kumar has been booked under Section 120-B of the IPC (criminal conspiracy), and 13(2), 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act (criminal conspiracy and criminal misconduct) for allegedly favouring a private company in five contracts worth Rs 9.5 crore during 2007-14. “The accused allegedly facilitated award of contracts worth Rs 9.50 crore (approx) to the accused company through a PSU and misused his official position as public servant. The accused were instrumental in award of projects to the said private company in Delhi Transco Ltd, health and family welfare department, GNCTD, Delhi Jal Board and department of trade and taxes, GNCTD,” the CBI had said in the statement after the registration of the case.

Apart from Kumar, the agency named A K Duggal and G K Nanda, former MDs of Intelligent Communication System India Limited (ICSIL), R S Kaushik, MD of ICSIL, Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh K Gupta, Directors of Ms Endeavour Systems Private Limited and the said firm as accused in their FIR filed under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC.