In a rebuff to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) allegations against Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena, the CBI has said it has not found the role of any individual other than the two accused cashiers of Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan, who had allegedly converted Rs 17 lakh of old currency to new notes after demonetisation.
The CBI had already filed a chargesheet against head cashiers Sanjeev Malik and Pradeep Kumar Yadav in December 2017, after conducting a thorough investigation in the matter, officials said, adding the trial is going on before the relevant court in the case. The agency's reaction came a day after AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak claimed in the Delhi Assembly that Saxena had pressured his employees to exchange demonetised notes worth Rs 1,400 crore in 2016, when he was the chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
During the House proceedings on Monday, the AAP legislators trooped to the Well, alleging that the "scam" was worth Rs 1,400 crore, demanding Saxena's resignation, besides a probe by the CBI and the ED.
The development came days after Saxena recommended a CBI probe into alleged corruption in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 and the AAP's accusations that he was "interfering" in the city Government's work. Based on the LG's recommendations, the CBI registered an FIR in connection with the alleged excise policy scam and searched Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia's residence earlier this month.
Sisodia is the prime accused in the case.
The accused cashiers had deposited Rs 17.07 lakh in demonetised currency notes in Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan's account maintained with the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur between November 9 and December 31 in 2016, in violation of instructions issued by the government, the agency has alleged in its FIR.
The manager of Khadi Gram Udyog Bhavan had issued an order prohibiting acceptance of demonetised notes at its Connaught Circus store on November 9, 2016, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared withdrawing Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denomination notes from circulation.
However, it surfaced that head cashiers Sanjeev Malik and Pradeep Kumar Yadav had dishonestly exchanged old currency notes with new ones received through sales cashiers, the FIR had alleged.
Malik and Yadav, in a conspiracy with each other, kept the new currency notes with them and derived pecuniary benefits by corrupt and illegal means, the agency has alleged.
The duo deposited "black money of some suspected officers in bank accounts of Khadi Gram Udyog at State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, Connaught Circus Branch", added the FIR.
