AAP cries CBI-babus nexus

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) alleged that there is a nexus between Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and corrupt officials of the Indian Administrative Services (IAS), claiming that in a CBI raid at a prestigious officers Club at Chanakyapuri on Wednesday it has been found that the caterer of the club was acting as a middleman between the CBI and IAS officers accused in corruption cases.

AAP Chief Spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that the Centre is blackmailing the IAS Association to become a party in the Delhi Government versus Centre case in the Supreme Court to keep Services under the Central control.

 He said that the “raid spot is the venue where who's who of Delhi bureaucracy love to go and  is the very place where the political IAS Association passes resolutions against the elected Government”. Adding that, “bureaucracy has meekly surrendered to the Central Government and wants Services to be kept under the Central Government and the Centre is blackmailing the IAS Association to become a party in the Delhi Government versus Centre case in the Supreme Court to keep Services under Central control”.

“This is because bureaucracy knows that Kejriwal Government will not compromise on corruption and also the Centre can keep blackmailing the bureaucracy to pressurise it to stall welfare schemes of elected Delhi Government,” he said.

 “The accused was cracking deals between the investigation officers of CBI and the accused IAS officers for money. He was also allegedly dealing with Hawala transactions of several serving IAS officers of Delhi,” said Bharadwaj.

“Corrupt IAS officers are scared that if Services and ACB comes back to Arvind Kejriwal, they will face strict action.IAS association is so nervous of coming under Kejriwal Government that they are reportedly planning to approach the Supreme Court to prevent Services from coming back to elected Government of Delhi,” he said.

“Huge cash upto Rs 3.6 crore and jewellery worth Rs 1.6 crore was reportedly recovered from the drawers of the caterer. 20 Rolex luxury watches were also recovered. The said caterer was earlier running a canteen at CBI office. Personal documents like passport, Hawala transactions etc of IAS officers of UT cadre were also recovered from the caterer of officer's club,” said Bharadwaj.

“It is interesting that the corrupt amongst the IAS Officers lobbied hard when Arvind Kejriwal came to power in Delhi, and Central Government illegally took away ACB and Services from the elected Government of Delhi,” he said.

He took on CBI asking, “Can the CBI deny it conducted a raid at Palika Services Officers Institute (PSOI) Chanakyapuri  very recently on Wednesday and Thursday” ?

“Is it correct that Rs 3.6 crore cash, jewellery worth Rs 1.6 crore and 20 Rolex watches were recovered from PSOI premises?” he asked . Adding, “if an FIR has been registered why the CBI did not reveal it?”