CM secretary case: CBI prepares to examine other officials

The CBI, probing a corruption case against Rajendra Kumar, principal secretary to chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, is now preparing to examine senior officials of the health and family welfare and trade and taxes departments of the state government in connection with the case.

Sources said, “The agency sleuths will soon call officials of two departments — health and family welfare and trade & taxes — of the city government for certain clarifications in this case”. The agency registered a case against Mr Kumar and others on allegations against the officer that he abused his official position by favouring a particular firm, allegedly floated by him, in the last few years in getting tenders from Delhi government departments.

Apart from Mr Kumar, the agency has named A.K. Duggal and G.K. Nanda, former MDs of Intelligent Communication System India Limited (ICSIL), R.S. Kaushik, MD of ICSIL, Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh K. Gupta, directors of Ms Endeavour Systems Private Limited and the said firm as accused in their FIR filed under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the IPC.

The investigating body alleged that Mr Kumar had prior association with Sandeep Kumar and D.K. Gupta, both directors of Endeavour, and he allegedly facilitated award of five contracts of worth Rs 9.5 crore to the company between 2007-14.