The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday filed a charge sheet against 6 people, including former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik, in the corruption case related to the Kiru Hydropower Project of Jammu and Kashmir. This case is about a disturbance in the Civil Works contract worth about Rs 2,200 crore.
The CBI raided Satyapal Malik’s hideout on 22 February 2024 on the same matter. Also raided 29 other locations in Delhi.
In fact, Satyapal Malik had said on 17 October 2021 that he was offered a bribe of 300 crores as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. But they turned it down.
After this, the CBI registered a case in April 2022 at the behest of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Malik was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir from August 2018 to October 2019.
After the charge sheet was filed, Satyapal Malik said on social media that he is hospitalized and is not in a position to talk to anyone. He wrote that he is getting calls from well -wishers, but he is unable to answer.
After the CBI raid last year, Malik said, “CBI published my house but people against whom I had complained of corruption, they were not investigated.
Malik accused of corruption in 2021
Satyapal Malik said at an event in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan on 17 October 2021 that he was offered a bribe of crores as the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. During that time he had two files. Among them, one of the big industrialists and the other was Mehbooba Mufti and a person in the BJP’s coalition government. Malik had said that his secretaries said that there was a scam in it, after which he had canceled both the deals.
Malik also said that he was offered to pay Rs 150-150 crore for both files. Malik said, ‘I said that I have come with five kurta-pajamas and will only leave here with him. When CBI asks, I will also tell the names of those who offer.
