Delhi Jal Board joint director nabbed in water bill scam

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Naresh Singh, the Joint Director of the Delhi Jal Board, on Monday on allegations of siphoning off Rs 20 crores in an alleged water bill scam.
Naresh Singh allegedly accepted bribes worth lakhs of rupees from Aurrum and Fresh Pay bitevictors.He allegedly did not reconcile the bill payments with Aurrum and Fresh Pay, which he was duty-bound to do, as Deputy Director said in a statement. The matter pertains to the alleged e-kiosk water bill scam of Rs 20 crore, for which an FIR was registered in December last year. Several employees of Fresh Pay and Aurrum were arrested earlier in connection with the case.
“Since 2015, when the contract was extended for the first time, every year Naresh has helped Fresh Pay extend the contract for the collection of bill payments from e kiosks till 2020. “He kept silent over the reconciliation of water bills while getting the extension done for the Fresh Pay Company,” the ACB statement read.
Further investigation is underway in the case, and the ACB is trying to find out the role of other government and bank employees in the matter.

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