New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday unearthed bank balance worth Rs 28 lakh during raids on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajender Kumar, said sources.
The sources said that the fixed deposits worth approx Rs 1.66 crore were also found at premises of co-accused AK Duggal, former MD of ICSIL.
The CBI had claimed to have recovered foreign currency worth over Rs 3 lakh and papers of three immovable properties along with Rs 2.4 lakh cash, said sources.
The CBI raids on the Delhi Secretariat have sparked an all-out war between the Delhi government and the Centre. Kejriwal claimed that the CBI kept reading files related to Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) in his office and did not seize any files related to Kumar.
The agency allegedly instead seized the file movement register of the Chief Minister's office from September 15 till December 15 and a copy of AAP Cabinet decision of June 11 according to Kejriwal.
Kejriwal tweeted, "Documents seized from my office. No relation to allegations being probed. Item 7 -file movement register of last one month. CBI kept reading DDCA file in my office. They would have seized it. But after my media briefing, they left it. Not clear if they took a copy."
The raids had taken place on Tuesday after the Anti-Corruption Branch registered a case of criminal misconduct against Kumar and other private people. Some Delhi government officials had taken voluntary retirement scheme and floated a software company and Rajender Kumar was allegedly favouring them from many years in getting them contract.
Kumar's office is situated on the same floor as Kejriwal's in the Delhi Secretariat. After the raid the CBI sealed the entire floor which saw the AAP launching a no holds barred attack on the Centre and CBI.
Raids were conducted at 14 other locations too including Kumar's residence where CBI have claimed to recover foreign currency worth Rs 3 lakh.
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) had on December 9 questioned Rajendra Kumar in connection with alleged irregularities in conducting fitness tests for commercial vehicles. According to ACB sources, the queries mostly revolved around action taken by Kumar after the anti-corruption bureau submitted a report in 2013 in connection with the alleged irregularities, ACB sources said.
In 2013, Kumar, who is now Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, was the transport commissioner.
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