Anti-Corruption Branch.
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has arrested former ADG (then Chief Engineer/Health) of Public Works Department (PWD) and owners of two private companies in connection with corruption in Delhi government hospitals during the Corona pandemic. Which includes LNJP, GTB, BSA and GB pant.
According to Joint Commissioner of Police (ACB) Madhur Verma, PWD officials made payments to a private company on the basis of fake bills for unfinished or incomplete work, causing a huge loss to the government of around Rs 200 crore.
PWD ADG and then Chief Engineer (Health Sector) Anil Kumar Ahuja and Vinay Kumar and Akshitij Birmani, owners of AV Enterprises and Vivek Associates, have been identified as accused.
A case was registered against the trio under sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and they were arrested on Thursday, the official said. Based on the complaint, the ACB had investigated the work allotted to different private companies and contractors for government hospitals in Delhi during the Corona epidemic.
During the investigation, the ACB found that Anil Kumar Ahuja had allegedly sanctioned 56 works, which were later allotted to 10 companies without distinguishing between emergency and urgent work. ACB Commissioner Madhur Verma said the company owners had failed to pay the transport bills of the materials purchased for the work.
The owners of the company showed bills for purchase of materials which were issued four to six months after the completion of the work. He said that after examining the purchase vouchers filed by the companies, it was found that some of the companies issuing the vouchers did not exist. Anil Kumar Ahuja and Vinay Kumar, owner of AV Enterprises, agreed to pay about Rs. 1.25 crore financial transactions have been intercepted.
