Bribe money in Delhi Jal Board scam sent to AAP as poll funds: ED's fresh charge

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The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday levelled fresh allegations of corruption against crisis-hit Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), claiming that bribe money from the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) scam was also channelled into the party as election funds...

The federal probe agency alleged that Jagdish Kumar Arora, the former Delhi Jal Board chief engineer had "transferred" Rs 2 crore of bribe money to his colleagues in the department and AAP as election funds...

The Enforcement Directorate said that it has provisionally attached assets worth Rs 8.8 crore of Jagdish Kumar Arora, his wife Alka Arora, Anil Kumar Aggarwal (proprietor of Integral Screw Industries, a subcontractor), and NKG Infrastructure Limited (contractor of DJB)..

As per the Enforcement Directorate, Jagdish Kumar Arora, during his tenure as Chief Engineer, DJB, awarded the flow meter contract to NKG Infrastructure Limited at an "inflated cost" of Rs 38 crore, despite the company failing to meet the technical eligibility criteria...

"Jagdish Kumar Arora received a bribe of Rs 3.19 crore out of which he transferred Rs 2 crore to other Delhi Jal Board officials and Aam Aadmi Party as election funds," it added...

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