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Land Acquisition Case: Delhi Minister Atishi Submits Report To CM Kejriwal On Complaint Against Chief Secretary
AAP leader and Delhi Minister Atishi (Pic Via Twitter)
Delhi Vigilance Minister Atishi has submitted a 650-page report to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a complaint filed against chief secretary Naresh Kumar.
The complained pertains to the Bamnoli land acquisition matter.
According to the complaint, the chief Secretary's son worked for the relative of a man who was awarded enhanced compensation for his land acquired for a road project.
"Atishi has submitted a 650-page report on the matter to Kejriwal. The report states that an undue gain of Rs 850 crore was earned in the matter. The land was bought near the Dwarka expressway at Rs 75 lakh only in 2015," a source was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
CM Kejriwal had asked Atishi to conduct an inquiry into the complaint.
The original award of the 19-acre land at Bamnoli, being acquired by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), was raised from Rs 41 crore to Rs 353 crore in May this year by the then district magistrate (South West) Hemant Kumar.
Following these events, Hemant Kumar was suspended by the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the matter.
During a press conference on Monday (13 November), Ashwani Kumar, the Divisional Commissioner of the Delhi government, dismissed the accusations against Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar as baseless and labeled them as a part of "dirty politics".
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