New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The Rouse Avenue court docket has listed the Prosecution Complaint (cost sheet) filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) towards Former Delhi Minister Satyender Kumar Jain and 13 others for consideration on December 22.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on December 8, filed a Prosecution Complaint (chargesheet) towards Satyendar Kumar Jain (then Minister of Water, GNCTD and Chairman, Delhi Jal Board) and 13 others together with Udit Prakash Rai (then CEO, Delhi Jal Board), Ajay Gupta (then Member, Delhi Jal Board), Satish Chandra Vashishth (then Chief Engineer, Delhi Jal Board), and different non-public individuals, entities in an alleged cash laundering case.
Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh had taken the chargesheet on report on Monday.
Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) Simon Benjamin alongwith the Investigation officer (IO) appeared for Enforcement Directorate. The court docket has directed the ED to file the orginal paperwork and referred to as a report from the Ahalmad on the subsequent date.
‘Let the unique paperwork be additionally submitted with the Ahlmad by the ED, as solely criticism has been filed by now,’ Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh ordered on December 8. The court docket additional directed, ‘ Let the Ahlmad thereafter examine the file and the paperwork and provides a report.’
This cost sheet has been filed in reference to a corruption case involving the award of 4 tenders associated to Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of the Delhi Jal Board (DJB), ED mentioned in an earlier press launch.
ED has acknowledged that it initiated investigation on the idea of an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), towards M/s Euroteck Environmental Pvt. Ltd. (M/s EEPL) and others beneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, alleging a rip-off in DJB within the identify of augmentation and upgradation of current 10 STPs at Pappankalan and Nilothi (Package 1), Najafgarh and Keshopur (Package 2), Coronation Pillar, Narela and Rohini (Package 3), and Kondli (Package 4).
The investigation company mentioned that that Rajakumar Kurra, Managing Director of M/s EEPL, obtained the phrases and situations of the DJB tender manipulated by way of officers of DJB and personal individuals Nagendra Yadav and others, making the tender restrictive to the utilization of ‘IFAS know-how with mounted media solely and thereby, enabling M/s EEPL to grow to be the only provider of know-how in mentioned tender.
As per findings of investigation, Rajakumar Kurra and his associates paid unlawful fee/bribe of Rs 6.73 Crore by way of banking channels/money which is nothing however Proceeds of Crime beneath PMLA, 2002, the ED mentioned.
The investigation company has alleged that mentioned unlawful fee/ bribe was paid by way of Banking transaction by issuing bogus invoices, advances to obfuscate the funds and likewise by way of money by hawala channels. This resulted in undue income of Rs. 9.96 Crore accruing to M/s EEPL, which can also be proceeds of crime beneath PMLA.
The investigation has concluded that Satyendra Kumar Jain, Udit Prakash Rai, Ajay Gupta, Satish Chandra Vashishth and personal individuals/entities particularly M/s Euroteck Environmental Pvt Ltd, Raja Kumar Kurra, Vinod Chauhan, Nagendra Yadav & different accused individuals are concerned in, assisted in technology, acquisition, concealment, possession and use of complete Proceeds of Crime to the tune of Rs. 17.70 Crore (approx.) and thus dedicated offence of cash laundering, ED mentioned within the launch.
In this case, ED on December 4 has additionally provisionally hooked up movable and immovable properties amounting to Rs. 15.36 Crore of the assorted individuals. (ANI)