JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) will investigate if the outstanding dues of Rs 276 crore claimed by sanitation company BVG was inflated.
DG (ACB) BL Soni said they were investigating to find out see what led to the company continue to operate despite so much of its accumulated dues not being cleared for over 20 months. “The ACB is looking into the overall payment gamut in this case, including outstanding bills,” he said.
The sources in ACB said the verification of outstanding bills will begin very soon to check the veracity of the dues.
Meanwhile, the ACB on Wednesday also presented suspended JMC-Greater mayor’s husband Rajaram Gurjar and the sanitation company’s employee Omkar Sapre in court. Both were arrested Tuesday.
The court later sent the two accused to two days’ custody. The ACB officials said both Gurjar and Sapre will be inquired about their alleged murky dealings which were revealed in a video that emerged later showing Gurjar negotiating a commission of Rs 20 crore for releasing outstanding dues of Rs 276 crore to the company by JMC.
The ACB had begun a probe soon after the video had emerged and subsequently filed a preliminary inquiry. The video and audio recordings were sent for forensic examination. The forensic report confirmed the video, following which the ACB arrested Gurjar and Sapre. The agency filed a case under the prevention of corruption act and immediately began further investigating.
The ACB had also lodged a case against another employee of the BVG, Sandeep Choudhary, and one Nimbaram. The sources said they suspect Choudhary to be one of the persons who had recorded the video of the conversation from a mobile phone during which these under-the-table commission negotiations were discussed.
“We will also question Choudhary about his role. It appears that both Choudhary and Sapre wanted to resort to pressure tactics to get the outstanding payment of their company,” an official claimed.
DG (ACB) BL Soni said they were investigating to find out see what led to the company continue to operate despite so much of its accumulated dues not being cleared for over 20 months. “The ACB is looking into the overall payment gamut in this case, including outstanding bills,” he said.
The sources in ACB said the verification of outstanding bills will begin very soon to check the veracity of the dues.
Meanwhile, the ACB on Wednesday also presented suspended JMC-Greater mayor’s husband Rajaram Gurjar and the sanitation company’s employee Omkar Sapre in court. Both were arrested Tuesday.
The court later sent the two accused to two days’ custody. The ACB officials said both Gurjar and Sapre will be inquired about their alleged murky dealings which were revealed in a video that emerged later showing Gurjar negotiating a commission of Rs 20 crore for releasing outstanding dues of Rs 276 crore to the company by JMC.
The ACB had begun a probe soon after the video had emerged and subsequently filed a preliminary inquiry. The video and audio recordings were sent for forensic examination. The forensic report confirmed the video, following which the ACB arrested Gurjar and Sapre. The agency filed a case under the prevention of corruption act and immediately began further investigating.
The ACB had also lodged a case against another employee of the BVG, Sandeep Choudhary, and one Nimbaram. The sources said they suspect Choudhary to be one of the persons who had recorded the video of the conversation from a mobile phone during which these under-the-table commission negotiations were discussed.
“We will also question Choudhary about his role. It appears that both Choudhary and Sapre wanted to resort to pressure tactics to get the outstanding payment of their company,” an official claimed.
