After the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) letter, Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra on Saturday dared the ACB to arrest former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in the alleged water tanker scam. He said if the former Delhi Chief Minister is arrested and interrogated thoroughly, then the whole case will unfold and the reason behind “Prime Minister Modi protecting Dikshit” will also become clear. Mishra wrote this in response to a new notice sent to him by the ACB regarding the scam.
Earlier, the ACB probing the alleged DJB water tanker scam has asked Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra to join investigation in the case. A case was registered by the ACB in connection with the alleged 400-crore water tanker scam linking former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in June this year. "We have sent a letter to Delhi Water Minister and Delhi Jal Board(DJB) chairman Kapil Mishra to join probe as he is a complainant in the case," a senior ACB officer said. The letter which was sent by ACB to Mishra on Thursday, it was stated that," a letter dated 28th August, 2015 was written by your good self to honourable Chief Minister Sh. Arvind Kejriwal Ji regarding the report of the fact finding committee on Water Tanker Management System. Kindly furnish a copy of reply received in your office from honourable Chief Minister's office if any, which is required for the investigating in the water tanker scam."
Mishra who has taken up the issue quipped in a tweet that he has received a "love letter" from ACB. Mishra also accused the ACB of "malafide intentions" and said it is "working under pressure" to file another FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. "In light of the recent case against Swati Maliwal, it is clear that the ACB is under pressure to file an FIR against Arvind Kejriwal and arrest him by any means," he said.
Mishra said the ACB had again asked him the same questions in the latest notice received by him on Saturday which were asked when he visited the bureau office on July 4 this year.
"As a complainant, I want to say that even when I went to the ACB office, they asked me questions only about Arvind Kejriwal. Not a single question was asked about Sheila Dikshit, who is the main accused," he said.