DCW chief Swati Maliwal was on Monday interrogated for over two hours by the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) officials in connection with allegations of nepotism and “illegal” recruitment in the women’s panel headed by her.
A team comprising five ACB officers reached the office of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) at 11 am.
The ACB officers also handed over a questionnaire to Maliwal seeking her reply to 27 queries within a week’s time.
Sources said she was asked about how three members of the commission’s — Promila Gupta, Farheen Malik and Sarika Chaudhary — were selected and what works related to women have they done in last three years.
The ACB also stated that whether these three members were full-time AAP workers or not.
The ACB also sought documents and newspapers where the advertisements were made to hire around 60 consultants. The probing agency also asked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s involvement is the selection procedure.
Sources said that the ACB also sought attendance sheet of all the full time consultants and other facilities they have been given to them.
Sources said ACB also asked how senior advocate and AAP leader HS Poolka’s daughter Prabhsahay Phoolka was made legal consultants at the monthly salary of Rs35,000.