Delhi Education Minister Atishi on November 14 recommended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to immediately remove Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and Divisional Commissioner Ashwani Kumar from their respective posts in connection with an alleged land scam.
Atishi Alleges Involvement Of Chief Secretary In Enhancing Exorbitant Compensation Award For Land Parcel
Atishi alleged the involvement of the Chief Secretary in enhancing an exorbitant compensation award for a land parcel in Bamnoli village in order to provide illicit profits to a company linked to his son Karan Chauhan.
The preliminary report states that the connections and the chronology give the prima facie appearance of complicity of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar with DM Southwest Hemant Kumar and landowners in the land acquisition on the Dwarka Expressway.
As per sources, the report unveils a conspiracy by senior officers of Delhi’s Vigilance Department to undervalue the scale of the scam as Rs 312 crore when the actual compensation award would have resulted in an illicit gain of Rs 850 crore to the beneficiaries.