The CBI has issued a notice and asked former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik to answer certain queries in connection with an alleged insurance scam in the Union Territory, officials said on Friday.
Reacting to the development, Malik in a Twitter post said that he may have been summoned because he "spoke the truth".
"I have exposed the sins of some people by speaking the truth. Maybe that is why the call came. I am the son of a farmer. I will not be afraid. I will stand by truth," he said in the tweet.
Malik told PTI that the Central Bureau of Investigation (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 related to the Kiru hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir.
A few days back, Malik had in an interview alleged security lapses in the killing of 40 CRPF personnel in 2019, and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to stay silent on the matter.
First Published: Apr 21, 2023 7:04 PM IST
