saurabh bhardwaj and satyendra jain in trouble acb filed case in corruption case

The Anti -Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi has registered a case against former GNCTD Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj and Satyendra Jain in connection with the mass corruption in the health infrastructure projects of the Delhi government. Joint Police Commissioner and head of the Anti -Corruption Branch Madhur Verma said that in 2018-19, 24 hospital projects at a cost of Rs 5,590 crore – 11 Greenfield and 13 Brownfield were approved. These projects are unnecessarily delayed and stuck in astronomical cost increase, indicating large -scale financial embezzlement.

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A case has been registered against former Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj and Satyendra Jain after getting approval from the competent authority under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act. On August 22, 2024, a complaint was filed by the then Opposition Leader and current Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijendra Gupta, which exposed serious irregularities and suspected corruption in various health infrastructure projects, alleging that of manipulation in the project budget, misuse of public funds and collusion with private contractors.

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The ACB said that verification of the complaint has revealed that unauthorized additional construction work in government hospitals in Jwalapuri and Madipur was done without the approval of competent officials. It is noteworthy that the Madipur Hospital project was to be completed by November 2022, but it is still incomplete and far from completion. In addition, the ACB said that it has been discovered that the cost of seven ICU hospitals contracted by SAM India Buildwell Private Limited has increased by more than 100 percent, and construction is still incomplete, which is far ahead of the February 2022 deadline.