Delhi Jal Board: The Anti-Corruption Branch of Delhi Government has arrested 3 people in connection with the Rs 20 crore scam in Delhi Jal Board. According to the ACB, the arrested accused is Rajendran Nair, who was the owner and director of Aurum E Payment Private Limited.
The second accused is the CFO of Gopi Kumar Kedia (Aurum E Payment Company). The name of the third accused arrested is Dr. Abhilash Pillai. He was the director of Fresh Pay It Solution. Along with this, he was also an authorized signatory in Aurum e-payment company.
What was the whole matter?
According to the complaint received by Delhi’s Anti-Corruption Branch, the Delhi Jal Board had entrusted the bill collection of its consumers to Corporation Bank. For which a contract was signed with the bank in the year 2012 for 3 years. Later it was extended to the year 2016, then to 2017 and 2019. E-kiosk machines were installed in the local offices of Delhi Jal Board for the cash and check of the consumers so that the consumers of Delhi Jal Board can deposit their water bills through check and cash in the e-kiosk machine.
According to ACB sources, Corporation Bank handed over the responsibility of cash and check collection to M/s Freshpay IT Solution Pvt Ltd. Who had to deposit this money directly in the account of Delhi Jal Board. But M/s Freshpay IT Solution Pvt Ltd collected the check and cash from the e-kiosk machine and deposited it in the Federal Bank account. According to ACB sources, the Federal Bank account in which M/s Freshpay IT Solution Pvt Ltd deposited the money was in the name of M/s Aurrum E-Payment Pvt Ltd.
According to ACB sources, money was later transferred from the Federal Bank account in which the money was deposited through RTGS on different dates, but the transferred money was not transferred to the Jal Board’s account but elsewhere. Transferred.
According to ACB sources, Delhi Jal Board came to know about this fraud in the year 2019, but in spite of this, instead of recovering its money, Delhi Jal Board not only renewed the contract, but also paid the fees for check and cash collection by 5 Instead of Rs. per bill, it was increased to Rs. 6 per bill.