New Delhi: The CBI on Wednesday booked Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a case related to the alleged corruption in hiring a creative team for the PWD to suggest new architectural designs and bring down costs.
According to sources the agency has also named then officials of the PWD-- engineer-in-chief S K Srivastava, principal director (projects) Manu Amitabh, deputy director (admin) and A K Pait, project manager P C Chanana as accused.
Jain, who holds the PWD portfolio, is already facing a CBI case related to alleged money laundering.
The CBI sleuths carried out searches at various locations, including the residential premises of Jain and other accused in the matter. In a tweet, the minister said the agency was carrying out searches at his residence. "Professionals were hired for different projects. All were forced to leave by the CBI," he said .
The CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry in the matter on April 5 last year and converted it into a regular case after it allegedly found prima facie evidence.
During a year-long preliminary enquiry, the CBI said it found that Jain had allegedly entered into a criminal plotwith PWD officials to award the tender to Soni Detective and Allied Services for hiring the creative team.
