ACB formed a team of its elite officials to nab the accused
Delhi branch of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested 3 persons including the brother-in-law of AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi on charges of allegedly selling a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) ticket for Kamla Nagar Ward (No 69) for Rs.90 lakh. AAP worker Shobha Khari, wife of Gopal Khari had demanded a ticket, allegedly MLA Tripathi demanded Rs.90 lakh in exchange for it.
As per officials, a bribe amount of Rs.33 lakh has been seized and further investigation into the case is on.
Those arrested have been identified as Om Singh — said to be the brother-in-law of AAP MLA Tripathi, and his associates Shiv Shankar Pandey alias Vishal Pandey, PA of Tripathi, and Prince Raghuvanshi. They were placed under arrest under section 7/13 of the POC Act and 171 (E) of IPC.
On November 14, the complainant Gopal Khari approached the anti-corruption branch with the grievance that he was associated with Aam Aadmi Party as an active worker since 2014 and on November 9, he met Akhilesh Pati Tripathi, MLA, Model Town, AAP with the request to secure Councilor ticket from for his wife Shobha Khari. The complainant further stated that Tripathi demanded a bribe of Rs.90 lakh for the same.
Acting on the complaint received, the ACB team laid a trap at the residence of Khari where accused Singh and his associates Pandey and Raghuvanshi were trapped red-handed in the presence of independent witnesses when they came to return the bribe amount of Rs.33 lakhs out of total Rs.35 lakh.
Madhur Verma, the DCP ACB, “The accused were arrested for accepting bribes for giving the AAP ticket of MCD election to Shobha Khari, wife of the complainant Gopal Khari, for Ward No. 69, Kamla Nagar.”
“Khari paid a bribe amount of Rs.35 lakhs to Tripathi and Rs.20 lakhs to Rajesh Gupta (MLA Wazirpur), at his instance. He assured Tripathi that the remaining 35 lakhs will be paid by him after getting the ticket. On November 12, Khari did not find his wife’s name in the list of contesting councillors released by the party ticket as it was given to some other person.
“Thereafter, Om Singh contacted the complainant and assured him that the ticket will be given to him in the next elections. He also offered to return his money (bribe amount). Khari also submitted audio and video recordings of his alleged dealings during payment and return of the bribe amount,” said the ACB official.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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Wonderful democracy.
We are deluded into thinking we have a choice of representative.
We are totally run by politicians of various hues who are bought and sold.
And we are subject to their whims and actions.
Synonym for corruption – politician
Sitting ducks. All politicians BUY tickets – beginning of corruption / corrupt practices.