Delhi AAP Govt Orders Probe Into 2010 CWG Scam Thursday Feb 06,2014

The Delhi AAP Govt led by Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday  Feb 06,2014gave the first case to its anti-corruption unit. And the case is none other than the Commonwealth Games street-lighting scam, in which a private company was allegedly favoured by the Delhi government, leading to losses worth crores for the Treasury.

Sweska Powertech Engineers Pvt Ltd, led by Director JP Singh and Managing Director TP Singh, won the contract for the streelighting. However, some changes were allegedly made in their tender bid to increase the amount the company quoted for the work.

According to the CBI chargesheet, the changes led to a wrongful loss of Rs 1,42,83,000 to the government and corresponding wrongful gain to the accused persons.

The Shunglu panel set up Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to probe the scam had squarely blamed the Sheila Dikshit government and four MCD officials, along with the Sweska managers

FIR against Sheila in CWG scam

The Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch on Thursday Feb 06,2014 lodged an FIR against the former Chief Minister, Sheila Dikshit, in a streetlight project scam that occurred ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

The ACB registered the case under the Prevention of Corruption Act and different provisions of the Indian Penal Code on a complaint filed by the Delhi Urban Development Ministry.

The complaint alleged that Ms. Dikshit and her then Cabinet colleague Rajkumar Chauhan, in collusion with officials of the PWD, civic bodies, contractors and vendors, made illegal gains for themselves and caused a loss of Rs. 31.07 crore to the exchequer.