LoP meets ailing former J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik

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Congress sources told The Tribune that Gandhi went to the hospital around 6 pm this evening. "It is after four days, he (Malik) came to his senses today. He is admitted to the ICU, where Rahul had a 4-5 minute conversation with Malik," the sources added.

On May 22, the CBI filed a chargesheet against the former J&K Governor and five others over alleged irregularities in the Rs 2,200-crore civil works contract for the Kiru hydropower project.

On Thursday, Malik's post on 'X' read that he had been admitted to hospital and was not in a position to speak."I'm getting calls from many well-wishers which I can't answer right now," Malik's post read with a picture of him seemingly unconscious at a hospital bed.

Malik, who served as the J&K Governor from August 2018 to October 2019, had earlier claimed that he was offered a bribe of Rs 300 crore to approve two files, one of which was related to this project.

After the CBI searched his home premises last year in February, Malik dismissed the allegations saying that the probe should have focused on the people he had flagged for corruption.

"They won't find anything at my place except four to five kurtas and pyjamas. The dictator is trying to frighten me by misusing government agencies. I am a farmer’s son, I won’t be scared or bow down," he had posted online.