Malik got bribes for J&K project via two aides: CBI

Former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik received bribes from Patel Engineering, routed through two close aides, for awarding a ₹2,200 crore civil contract for Kiru hydroelectric project (HEP) over Chenab river in Kishtwar, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has claimed in its charge sheet filed against him and others last month, CBI officials familiar with the contents of the document said.

- Neeraj Chauhan

NEW DELHI:

The money trail to his aides, Virendra Rana and Kanwar Singh Rana, has been established and detailed in the charge sheet, the officials, who asked not to be named, said, without divulging the amount of total bribes received.

HT has not reviewed the charge sheet.

The federal anti-corruption agency filed a charge sheet last month before a special court in Jammu naming Malik, 79, who was J&K governor from August 23, 2018, to October 30, 2019, his two aides, then Chenab Valley Power Projects Pvt Ltd (CVPPPL) managing director MS Babu, its directors Arun Kumar Mishra and M K Mittal, managing director of construction firm Patel Engineering Ltd, Rupen Patel, and Kanwaljeet Singh Duggal. The court is yet to take cognizance of the charge sheet.