Plea in court alleging irregularities in Delhi PWD contracts

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Nov 28 2017 | 7:20 PM IST
A plea has been filed in a Delhi court seeking to lodge an FIR against Delhi minister Satyendar Jain and three PWD officials, alleging irregularities of around Rs 90 crore in awarding contracts for road and drain works in Delhi.
The chief metropolitan magistrate sent the matter before a concerned magistrate for hearing in December after the petitioner claimed that the police officials have not taken any action on his complaint alleging financial irregularities.
The plea, filed by Rahul Sharma, founder of NGO Road Anti-Corruption Organisation, alleged that during 2014-17, the officials of Delhi government's Public Works Department (PWD) had allocated contracts for their pecuniary benefits as well as that of contractors for the work "which never got completed whereas shockingly all the payments have been cleared".
The complaint, filed through advocate Kislay Pandey, also alleged irregularities in 125 matters of construction of roads, drains and other maintenance work with an estimated cost of more than of Rs 90 crore.
The plea has been filed seeking prosecution of the officials for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery.

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First Published: Nov 28 2017 | 7:20 PM IST

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