- Friday, April 25, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
A week or so after Satya Pal Malik, former governor of erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir gave an explosive interview about prime minister Narendra Modi and the role he played in the wake of the terror attack on a convoy of Indian troops in Pulwama in the now-converted Union Territory in February 2019, the elite Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday (21) called him in connection with his claim that he was offered a bribe worth Rs 300 crore (£29.4 million) to clear two files during his stint as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
Reacting to the development, Malik told PTI that the CBI has asked for his presence at the agency’s Akbar Road guesthouse here for “certain clarifications”.
“They want certain clarifications for which they want my presence. I am going to Rajasthan so I have given them dates from April 27 to 29 when I am available,” Malik said.
The CBI had examined him in connection with the alleged scam last year.
In April last year, the CBI lodged two FIRs over corruption allegations levelled by Malik in the awarding of contracts for a group medical insurance scheme for government employees and civil work worth Rs 2,200 crore (£215.6 million) related to a hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir.
(With PTI inputs)
