CBI Raids Satyapal Malik Residence, Other Locations In Kiru Hydroelectric Project Contract Case

The contract was awarded when Satyapal Malik was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

The Central Bureau Of Investigation today conducted raids at more than 30 places, including the premises of former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik, as part of its investigation into alleged corruption linked to the awarding of a Kiru Hydroelectric project contract in Jammu and Kashmir. According to reports, Satyapal Malik has himself alleged irregularities in the contract process.

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This is second CBI raid this year in the case. Earlier, the CBI had conducted searches at around 8 locations in Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir in the alleged irregularities in the award of tender for civil works of the Kiru Hydroelectric Project in January this year. The project is being executed by Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited.

The CBI said that it recovered digital devices, computers, property documents, and "incriminating" documents, in addition to cash of over Rs 21 lakhs (approximately) in the search. The probe agency added that the instant case was registered on the basis of a reference received from the Government of Jammu and Kashmir against the then chairman; then MD, then directors of CVPPPL; a private company, and unknown others.

The CBI statement further added that it was alleged that in the award of civil works relating to the Kiru Hydroelectric Project, guidelines regarding e-tendering were not followed. It was also alleged that though a decision was taken in the 47th board meeting of CVPPPL for re-tendering through e-tendering with reverse auction, after the cancellation of the ongoing tendering process, the same was not implemented, and the decision of the 47th board meeting was reversed in the 48th board meeting, it added.