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DJB Money Laundering Case: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (April 9) granted bail to former DJB chief engineers Jagdish Kumar Arora and Anil Kumar Agarwal, the main accused in the money laundering case related to the Delhi Jal Board. Both were arrested by the ED in the money laundering case related to the supply of electromagnetic flow meters to the Delhi Jal Board.
DJB's then chief engineer Jagdish Arora was accused of awarding contracts worth Rs 38 crore to MS NKG Infrastructure despite knowing that the company did not fulfil the technical eligibility criteria.
What is the whole matter?
In the charge sheet, ED had named Jagdish Arora, Anil Agarwal, Jagdish Arora's close aide and chartered accountant Tajendra Singh, former NBCC officer Devendra Kumar Mittal and a company NKG as accused. NKG company had received the tender on the basis of the certificate issued by NBCC officer Devendra Mittal. NKG had booked travel tickets for Mittal.
According to ED, there is no information about NKG in NBCC records. ED said that Jagdish Arora, Anil Agarwal, Tajender Singh are chartered accountants who are close to Jagdish Arora. Former NBCC officer Devendra Kumar Mittal had provided fake documents to NKG company. According to ED, Delhi Jal Board gave a tender of Rs 38 crore to NKG, out of which Rs 24 crore was released in advance.
Jagdish Arora had received Rs 3.19 crores
ED alleges that out of Rs 38 crores, Rs 6 crore 36 lakhs were returned, this is proceeds of crime. Out of this, Rs 56 lakhs was received by Jagdish Arora through Tejendra Singh. Only Rs 14 crores out of 36 crores were used. Money from NKG and Integral Group went to Jagdish Arora because he had issued the tender. Bribe was taken in exchange for the tender. ED said that Jagdish Kumar Arora received a total of Rs 3.19 crores, of which Rs 56 lakhs was received from NKG and the rest from Integral Group.
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