Mishra submits ‘proof’ against Kejriwal to CBI
Neil (Terrance Haslam) and I have given a complaint on black money dealings to the CBI. We have given information on how a few people are fudging donations
A day after he withdrew his hunger strike, sacked Delhi water minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday submitted another complaint to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over his alleged involvement in money laundering.
Mishra claimed that he submitted “irrefutable proof” against Kejriwal and two other legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party. He did not name the two MLAs but alleged they had links with many fake companies.
The AAP rebel went to the CBI office with Neil Terrance Haslam, who is a member of the party’s dissident faction, the Aam Aadmi Volunteers Manch (AVAM).
AAP leader Sanjay Singh had earlier alleged that Haslam is an agent of the BJP.
“Neil and I have given a complaint on black money dealings to the CBI. We have given information on how a few people are fudging donations,” Mishra said.
“There are shell companies linked to companies of two MLAs of Arvind Kejriwal. I have submitted proof to the CBI, showing how black money was being converted into white.”
He alleged that Kejriwal lied to the Election Commission and the Income Tax department about the party’s donations.
The CBI said it had received Mishra’s complaint but had not registered an FIR or begun a preliminary enquiry yet.
Shell companies are fronts that do not indulge in any substantial trade, and are mostly used for carrying out illegal transactions. “People have been deceived. Kejriwal took lakh of rupees from influential people in the form of donations and was trying to run the party with black money,” he said.
On May 14, Mishra, a former close confidante of the AAP chief, had accused Kejriwal and the AAP of “massive” financial irregularities, including funneling money through shell companies, while taking donations.
Continuing its probe into the alleged PWD construction scam, anti corruption branch officials on Tuesday inspected sites where work was allotted.
The ACB registered three FIRs against senior former PWD officials and firms owned by Kejriwal’s late brother-in-law Surender Bansal. Bansal was accused of getting bills cleared by the PWD for construction work not done in north west Delhi.
ACB sources said they inspected a site in north-west Delhi’s Bakoli village where a drainage system was to be constructed.