A notice was issued by CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) to Satya pal Malik, former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to answer the queries related to the Union Territory (UT) insurance scam.
Satya Pal Malik said that, The CBI wants some clarifications and they want him to be present at Akbar Road guest house in New Delhi, so he had given the dates from 27th April to 29th April. He also said that he had exposed all the wrong deeds of few people by talking about the facts and that can be the reason why CBI wants him to be present in the guesthouse. He said that he will stand by his words and he will not panic, as he is a proud son of a farmer.
The CBI had made an investigation regarding Satya Pal Malik’s connection with the last year scam.
In April 2022, the Central Bureau of Investigation filed two FIRs (First Information Reports) on the former Governor Satya Pal Malik in relation to corruption allegations. The criticisms were related to the allocation of settlement for a scheme relating to medical insurance for government employees and tendering the civil works contracts worth Rs.2,200 crores to the project related to mini hydroelectric power in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
Mr.Malik, the ex Governor who served various states, has been questioned for the second time in the last seven months by the CBI. In October 2022, he was questioned by the CBI relating to the gubernatorial responsibilities that were concluded by him in J&K, Bihar, Goa and at last Meghalaya.
Former Governor had claimed that, during his tenure between 23rd August 2018 to 30th October 2019, a proposal of ₹ 300 crores was given as extortion to clear two files relating to Jammu and Kashmir.
Reliance General Insurance and Trinity Re-Insurance Brokers Limited were registered as suspects in the FIR relating to the health insurance scheme for Jammu and Kashmir government employees which was cleared by Malik at an administrative council meeting conducted on 31st August 2018. Later, the scheme was thrown away completely.
One of the FIRs filed alleges that, some unknown officials from government of Jammu and Kashmir with relation to the finance department misused their positions and made a collaboration with Reliance General Insurance Company Limited, Trinity Reinsurance Brokers Limited and other public and private persons to commit the criminal offense relating to the medical schemes for the government employees in J&K. This situation resulted in a huge monetary advantage to those officials and the state had suffered huge losses during this period.
In the second FIR, it was stated that the contracts relating to the civil works for hydroelectric power projects in J&K were not awarded through the guidelines of e-tendering process.
The 47th board meeting of Chenab Valley Power Projects Limited was conducted, the ongoing tendering process was reversed and canceled. But, the new tender was not implemented as per the 48th board meeting decision. The tender was awarded to Patel Engineering Limited even after taking the decision in the meeting.
