Ex-J&K Guv Satya Pal Malik Being Raided, At least 30 Locations Searched

The case relates to alleged corruption in awarding civil works of the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP) worth ₹2,200 crore, officials said.

Satya Pal Malik, who served as the governor of Jammu and Kashmir between August 23, 2018, and October 30, 2019, had claimed he was offered a ₹300-crore bribe for clearing two files, including the one related to the 624-megawatt Kiru project, a run-of-river scheme over the Chenab river in Kishtwar district.

The federal agency had conducted searches at around eight locations in Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir last month in the ongoing probe. The CBI had recovered digital devices, computers, property documents and incriminating documents in addition to cash of over ₹21 lakh.