Mishra submits three complaints to CBI

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 9

Former Water, Tourism and Culture Minister Kapil Mishra's complaints of bribe and corruption against government functionaries will be "examined and verified", the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said today.

CBI spokesperson R. K. Gaur said the agency had received three complaints from Mishra that had allegations of bribery and other irregularities against certain officials of the government and others.

He said the CBI would examine the complaints and decide what could be done of them, Gaur said.

Mishra will also get recorded a "detailed" statement with regard to the Rs 400- crore tanker scam in the Delhi Jal Board with the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Thursday.

ACB chief Mukesh Kumar Meena confirmed the development.

Mishra will go the ACB office around noon on May 11 to record his statement.

The former minister had yesterday submitted evidence to the ACB to back his allegation that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his "two men" had influenced and delayed the probe into the scam which dates back to Sheila Dikshit's tenure as CM.

Dikshit was "examined" by the ACB in August last year in connection with her alleged involvement in the scam and was handed over a set of 18 written questions.

Till some time ago, Mishra had been accusing the BJP of shielding Dikshit and yesterday he alleged that the AAP government tried to protect her.

The AAP government had in June 2015 set up a fact-finding committee to look into alleged irregularities in procuring around 385 stainless steel water tankers by the DJB.