DCW chief Swati Maliwal summoned by court in recruitment scam

New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal has been summoned as an accused by special court in a case of alleged irregularities in recruitment in DCW.

The court took cognizance on charge sheet filed against Maliwal for alleged offence under Prevention of Corruption Act.

Court's order came after the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) filed a chargesheet in an alleged case of irregularities in appointments in the women's panel.

The ACB action came following a complaint filed by former DCW chairperson Barkha Singh Shukla, also a Congress leader. Shukla was Maliwal's predecessor on the women's panel.

Shukla in her complaint to the ACB has alleged that AAP workers were appointed in the DCW to fetch them financial gains. Altogether 85 appointments are under investigation by the ACB.

On the complaint of Shukla, the ACB registered an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act as well as under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code.