CBI files chargesheet against Arvind Kejriwal's aide Rajendra Kumar for corruption

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials on Monday filed the chargesheet against the former Principle Secretary to the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a corruption case. 

Rajendra Kumar, who is a close aide of AAP national supremo Arvind Kejriwal, was arrested on July 4 on the charge of involvement in a corruption case. He was granted bail by the CBI court with Judge Arvind Kumar directing him not to leave Delhi without court's permission. 

The court had also directed him not to tamper with evidence or try to influence witnesses in the case and directed him to join investigations, whenever required.

Besides Kumar, 64 others were also booked by the CBI for corruption.

Kumar, a 1989-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre, was accused of abusing his official position in awarding Delhi government contracts totalling Rs 9.5 crore to private firm Endeavour Systems Private Limited.

The other accused in the case are Intelligent Communication System India Ltd. Managing Director R.S. Kaushil and former Managing Director G.K. Nanda, Rajendra Kumar's aide Ashok Kumar, Endeavour Systems Pvt. Ltd. directors Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh Kumar Gupta, and former Value Added Tax Department Assistant Director Tarun Sharma.