New Delhi, April 9 (HS): The Delhi High Court today granted bail to two accused, Jagdish Arora and Anil Agarwal, in a money laundering case related to the Delhi Jal Board tender. A bench of Justice Sanjeev Narula issued the bail order for both.

The trial is underway in the Rouse Avenue Court for this case. The Rouse Avenue Court had taken cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 30, and it is scheduled to be heard on April 3, 2024. The chargesheet was filed against four accused and one company, spanning approximately eight thousand pages. The ED has charged them under sections 3, 4, and 70 of the money laundering law. The accused include Jagdish Kumar Arora, the former Chief Engineer of the Delhi Jal Board, Anil Kumar Agarwal, Tajinder Pal Singh, former GM of NBCC's Faridabad zone Devender Kumar Mittal, and M/s NKG Infrastructure Limited.

According to the ED, on December 15, 2017, a contract was awarded to M/s NKG Infrastructure Limited for the electro-magnetic flow meters for the Delhi Jal Board for a period of five years. This contract was for supply, installation, testing, and commissioning (SITC) work and was valued at over 24 crores. The company awarded the contract did not meet the technical specifications. In exchange for this contract, the accused received three crores from NKG Infrastructure Limited and M/s Integral Screws Industries. NKG Infrastructure Limited subsequently transferred its contract to M/s Integral Screws Limited.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar