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India Gazette
22-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
CBI files chargesheet against former J-K Governor Satyapal Malik, six others in Kiru hydel project case
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a chargesheet against Satyapal Malik, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and six others in connection with the Kiru Hydro Electric Project of Jammu and Kashmir. The chargesheet was filed against Satyapal Malik, his two private secretaries and four others. Malik served as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir between August 23, 2018 and October 30, 2019. The case relates to alleged corruption in awarding a contract for the civil work for the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP) worth Rs 2,200 crore in Kishtwar in 2019. In Feb 2024, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted raids at more than 30 places, including the premises linked to former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik, as part of its investigation into alleged corruption in the awarding of a contract for a hydel project in the Union territory. The case relates to alleged corruption in awarding contract for the civil work for the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP) worth Rs 2,200 crore in Kishtwar in 2019. On 29 January 2024, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted searches at around 8 locations in Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir in the on-going investigations of a case related to alleged irregularities in the award of tender for civil works of the Kiru Hydroelectric Project being executed by Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited, the agency said. The searches led to recovery of digital devices, computers, property documents, and 'incriminating' documents, in addition to cash of over Rs 21 lakhs (approximately), it said. The CBI statement added that it was alleged that in the award of civil works relating to the Kiru Hydroelectric Project, guidelines regarding e-tendering were not followed. (ANI)
Indian Express
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Former J&K governor Satya Pal Malik among 7 named in CBI chargesheet in hydel project case
The CBI filed a chargesheet against seven people, including former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik, on Thursday in connection with alleged corruption in the award of a contract for a hydel project in Kishtwar district. CBI sources identified the other six accused as M S Babu, MD of Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt Ltd; board directors M K Mittal and Arun Kumar Mishra; private secretaries Virendra Rana and Kanwar Singh Rana; and a private person, Kanwaljit Singh Duggal. The CBI registered two cases in April 2022 following a request from the Jammu & Kashmir government over the allegations of malpractices related to i) the award of a contract of the J&K Employees' Health Care Insurance Scheme to private company and the release of about Rs 60 crore in 2017-18, and ii) the award of a Rs 2,200-crore civil work contract for Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project to a private firm in 2019. 'So far Satya Pal Malik was examined as a witness in the cases,' a CBI official said. In October 2021, two years after he demitted office as governor, Satya Pal Malik claimed he was offered Rs 300 crore in bribes to clear two files, including one related to a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader. Based on this allegation, the CBI registered two cases in the matter and conducted searches at 14 locations. The agency booked Anil Ambani's Reliance General Insurance Company and officials of Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt, among others, in the two cases. Since 2021, Malik has consistently spoken against the Narendra Modi government. It began with claims of corruption in the Kashmir hydel project and then sensational claims of the Centre deliberately failing to fix accountability in the Pulwama terrorist attack. Following Malik's allegations, J&K Lieutenant General Manoj Sinha said these were serious and that the administration had decided to hand over the probe in the case to the CBI. In the case related to the Kiru hydel project, the CBI FIR said an investigation had been conducted by the J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau and the power department in the matter. 'Perusal of these reports reveals that in the award of civil works package of Kiru Hydroelectric Power Project, guidelines regarding e-tendering were not followed and though a decision was taken in the 47th Board Meeting of CVPPPL for re-tender through e-tendering with reverse auction, after cancellation of ongoing tendering process, the same was not implemented and the tender was finally awarded to Patel Engineering,' the CBI said in its FIR. The project, whose cost is estimated to be Rs 4,287 crore, has been marred by allegations of substandard work and its failure to provide jobs to local unemployed youth, officials claimed. The ACB probe into the matter observed that the project's tender had been cancelled in the 47th board meeting of the CVPPPL but was revived in the 48th board meeting and awarded to Patel Engineering.
Time of India
22-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Kiru hydropower corruption case: CBI files chargesheet against former J&K governor Satya Pal Malik
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed the chargesheet against former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik and five others in connection with the Kiru hydropower corruption case , PTI reported quoting officials. In 2024, the CBI had carried out searches at eight locations across Delhi and Jammu as part of a probe into alleged corruption involving the awarding of civil contracts worth Rs 2,200 crore for the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project. The investigation stems from a request made by the Jammu and Kashmir government in 2022, seeking a CBI inquiry into suspected irregularities in the awarding of two major contracts. These concerns were initially raised by Satya Pal Malik, who served as the governor of J&K from August 23, 2018, to October 30, 2019. Malik had publicly alleged that he was offered a Rs 300 crore bribe to approve two files, one of which related to the Kiru project.
