CBI raids premises of ex-J&K Guv Satyapal Malik, 29 other locations in Kiru Hydroelectric project case

"I have been ill for the last 3-4 days and am admitted to the hospital. Despite this, my house is being raided by the dictator through government agencies. My driver and my assistant are also being raided and harassed unnecessarily. I am a farmer's son, I will not be afraid of these raids. I am with the farmers," Malik said in a post on X.

पिछले 3-4 दिनों से मैं बिमार हूं ओर हस्पताल में भर्ती हूं। जिसके वावजूद मेरे मकान में तानाशाह द्वारा सरकारी एजेंसियों से छापे डलवाएं जा रहें हैं। मेरे ड्राईवर, मेरे साहयक के ऊपर भी छापे मारकर उनको बेवजह परेशान किया जा रहा है।
में किसान का बेटा हूं, इन छापों से घबराऊंगा नहीं। में…

— Satyapal Malik 🇮🇳 (@SatyapalmalikG) February 22, 2024

The case pertains to alleged corruption in awarding a civil-work contract related to the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP) worth Rs 2,200 crore, the officials said.

Malik, who was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir from August 23, 2018 to October 30, 2019, had claimed that he was offered a Rs 300-crore bribe for clearing two files, including the one pertaining to the project.

The agency has booked former chairman of the Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited Navin Kumar Chaudhary and other former officials of the Chenab Valley Power Projects Private Limited — MS Babu, MK Mittal and Arun Kumar Mishra — and Patel Engineering Limited.

The agency had conducted searches at the premises of five people in January in connection with the case.

In May 2023, Malik asked not to vote for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha election 2024. He said Modi will finish democracy and will not let election happen ever again.

अगर 2024 में #नरेंद्र_मोदी को नहीं हटाया तो ये #डेमोक्रेसी को खत्म कर देगा, चुनाव ही नहीं होगा फिर।
मैं देश के लोगों को कहना चाहता हूं कि आखिरी मौका है ये इस बार #जाति #धर्म सब छोड़कर इनके खिलाफ वोट करो वरना आगे आपको वोट का भी मौका नहीं मिलेगा- #सत्यपाल_मलिक (पूर्व गवर्नर) pic.twitter.com/B26R5xAO5J

— Satyapal Malik 🇮🇳 (@SatyapalmalikG) May 22, 2023