With the surging number of high-profile graft cases being handed over to the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it was working towards creating a strong investigating team of honest officers to ensure fair probes in alleged irregularities. “In coming days, bigger cases will be handed over to the ACB. To deal with those cases, the Government is working towards forming a good investigative team,” Kejriwal said.
“We will be creating more posts in the ACB in future. I will also appeal to the lieutenant-Governor, who has always been supportive, to provide us with more officers,” Kejriwal said. He was speaking to reporters at a Press conference in which he ordered filing of criminal cases against Union Minister Veerappa Moily, former Minister Murli Deora, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and others following complaints of irregularities in pricing of natural gas in KG basin.
He added that there will be more such cases in coming days and that he wanted police officers with strong investigation background from other States to work with the Delhi Government. “I want all honest officers who want to work for Delhi ACB to write to me. I will talk to their State Government heads to bring them,” Kejriwal said. He said that he had also asked the Central Government for officers from the Central Board of Direct Taxes. “I had also asked officers from Central Board of Direct Taxes since these (offences) are related to revenue and economic crime. They have not responded as of now. I hope they relieve the officers we have asked for,” the Chief Minister added.