Rajendra Kumar was accused of abusing his position in awarding government contracts worth Rs 9.5 crore.
Highlights
- CBI had on Saturday arrested ICSIL MD RS Kaushil and former MD GK Nanda
- He was accused of abusing his position in awarding government contracts
- The CBI had sought three-day police custody of the accused
A court today sent Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's Principal Secretary Rajendra Kumar and six others to three-day Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody in a corruption case.
CBI judge Arvind Kumar remanded the seven in custody after they were presented before it after expiry of their one-day judicial custody.
The CBI had sought three-day police custody of the accused to bring them face-to-face with one another.
The agency had on Saturday arrested Intelligent Communication System India Limited (ICSIL) Managing Director RS Kaushil and former Managing Director GK Nanda.
Rajendra Kumar, a 1989 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory cadre, was accused of abusing his official position in awarding Delhi government contracts of Rs 9.5 crore to private firm Endeavour Systems Private Limited.
Besides Mr Kumar, Mr Kaushik and Mr Nanda, the other accused in the case are Rajendra Kumar's aide Ashok Kumar, Endeavour Systems Private Limited directors Sandeep Kumar and Dinesh Kumar Gupta, and former VAT Department Assistant Director Tarun Sharma.