JAIPUR: The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday directed RSS leader Nimbaram, accused in the Rs 20-crore BVG kickback case, to appear before the investigating officer and directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) not to arrest the accused for seven days.
The court gave the order on a plea by Nimbaram seeking to quash the FIR against him. The RSS leader has been absconding after the FIR was filed. The court said at this stage it could not come to any conclusion.
According to the FIR, the BVG company representative and the husband of suspended Jaipur-Greater mayor Somya Gurjar discussed 10% kickback of the outstanding dues of Rs 276 crore to the company in the presence of the petitioner at RSS office Sewa Sadan. The investigation in the case is pending. So at this stage there is no scope for quashing the FIR.
The court of Justice Satish Kumar Sharma had directed the ACB to conduct the investigation independently without any political interference.
After the investigation the ACB would present the chargesheet or final report before a competent court. The court directed the public prosecutor to file a progress report before the next hearing on November 11.
Nimbaram in his petition said BVG had expressed its intention to donate for the Ram temple construction in Ayodhya. But since the period of donation had expired, he had suggested that if the company was willing it could make donations to the Pratap Gaurav Kendra project. The RSS leader claimed that he had nothing to do with the tender being floated by the Jaipur-Greater Municipal Corporation.
ACB filed an FIR against Nimbaram along with Rajaram Gurjar, husband of Somya Gurjar, and garbage collection company representative Ommkar Sapre after a video about clearing the dues to the company on a kickback of Rs 20 crore surfaced.
Nimbaram approached the high court seeking to quash the FIR alleging that he was being framed.
