DJP Joint Director Arrested: Joint Director Naresh Singh has been arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch in connection with the Delhi Jal Board scam. Earlier, the Anti-Corruption Branch of Delhi Police questioned Naresh Singh, Joint Director of Delhi Jal Board in the matter. Subsequently, the ACB has arrested him in the ongoing investigation. It is alleged that more than Rs 20 crore was embezzled in the case. This information has been given by ACB.
According to the news agency ANI, a case of scam of Rs 20 crore in the water bill of Delhi Jal Board came to light. After this, the anti-corruption team of Delhi Police took action and interrogated Joint Director of Jal Board Naresh Singh. Apart from this, the ACB had also arrested Rajendran Nair, Gopi Kumar Kedia and Abhilash Vasukuttan Pillai in the case.
What is the matter?
According to the news of India TV, ACB Chief Madhur Verma told a few days ago that in order to pay the water bill, contracts were given to the companies to collect the bills in all the offices of Delhi Jal Board. Under this, for the convenience of the consumers, Corporation Bank (now Union Bank of India) was entrusted with the task of installing automatic bill payment machines in different Jal Board offices. Through which consumers used to pay the bill through cash and cheque.
#UPDATE , After questioning, ACB arrested DJB Joint director Naresh Singh in an ongoing probe in which over Rs 20 crores was siphoned off: ACB
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2023
After this, Corporation Bank further gave this contract to Fresh-Pay IT Solutions, which further gave it to RM E-Payments Company. Keeping the rules and regulations in check, the contract for collecting bills every year was given to these companies only. The contract of these companies was till October 10, 2019 only, but RM e-payments illegally collected the bills till March 2020. In the initial investigation of the Jal Board, a complaint was filed in the ACB after the embezzlement of crores in the fund was detected.
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