AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi seems earlier than ACB in ballot ticket bribery case

By PTI

NEW DELHI: AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi on Thursday appeared earlier than the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in reference to the ballot ticket bribery case, officers mentioned.

On Tuesday, the ACB arrested Tripathi’s brother-in-law and his two associates for allegedly demanding Rs 90 lakh as bribe for arranging a ticket to a celebration employee’s spouse within the civic polls.

A senior ACB official mentioned Tripathi was requested to look at 11 am. He is being questioned, the official mentioned.

The incident got here to mild on Monday after an individual named Gopal Khari, who claimed to have been related to the AAP as an lively employee since 2014, approached the ACB with the grievance, in line with an official assertion on Wednesday.

Khari met Tripathi, the Model Town MLA, final Wednesday (November 9) with a request for a ticket from AAP for his spouse to contest the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections from Ward No.69 in Kamla Nagar, the ACB mentioned.

Tripathi allegedly demanded Rs 90 lakh to safe a ticket for Khari’s spouse. Khari paid Rs 35 lakh to him.

He additionally allegedly gave Rs 20 lakh to AAP MLA Rajesh Gupta on Tripathi’s insistence, in line with a grievance.

Khari had informed Tripathi the remaining quantity could be paid after getting the ticket, it mentioned. On Sunday, the complainant didn’t discover his spouse’s identify within the record of candidates launched by the AAP.

Later, Tripathi’s brother-in-law Om Singh contacted Khari and warranted him that the ticket could be given to him within the subsequent election. Singh additionally provided to return the bribe, it said.

On the intervening night time of Monday and Tuesday, the ACB laid a entice on the Khari’s residence, the place Singh and his associates — Shiv Shankar Pandey and Prince Raghuvanshi — have been caught after they got here to return Rs 33 lakh from the cash obtained on behalf of Tripathi.

The three have been arrested below the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code. Pandey is the non-public assistant of Tripathi, the ACB mentioned.

The complainant has additionally submitted audio and video recordings of his purported dealings in the course of the cost and return of the bribe quantity. An investigation is on to unearth the entire case and to gather proof, it added.

NEW DELHI: AAP MLA Akhilesh Pati Tripathi on Thursday appeared earlier than the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in reference to the ballot ticket bribery case, officers mentioned.

On Tuesday, the ACB arrested Tripathi’s brother-in-law and his two associates for allegedly demanding Rs 90 lakh as bribe for arranging a ticket to a celebration employee’s spouse within the civic polls.

A senior ACB official mentioned Tripathi was requested to look at 11 am. He is being questioned, the official mentioned.

The incident got here to mild on Monday after an individual named Gopal Khari, who claimed to have been related to the AAP as an lively employee since 2014, approached the ACB with the grievance, in line with an official assertion on Wednesday.

Khari met Tripathi, the Model Town MLA, final Wednesday (November 9) with a request for a ticket from AAP for his spouse to contest the upcoming Municipal Corporation of Delhi elections from Ward No.69 in Kamla Nagar, the ACB mentioned.

Tripathi allegedly demanded Rs 90 lakh to safe a ticket for Khari’s spouse. Khari paid Rs 35 lakh to him.

He additionally allegedly gave Rs 20 lakh to AAP MLA Rajesh Gupta on Tripathi’s insistence, in line with a grievance.

Khari had informed Tripathi the remaining quantity could be paid after getting the ticket, it mentioned. On Sunday, the complainant didn’t discover his spouse’s identify within the record of candidates launched by the AAP.

Later, Tripathi’s brother-in-law Om Singh contacted Khari and warranted him that the ticket could be given to him within the subsequent election. Singh additionally provided to return the bribe, it said.

On the intervening night time of Monday and Tuesday, the ACB laid a entice on the Khari’s residence, the place Singh and his associates — Shiv Shankar Pandey and Prince Raghuvanshi — have been caught after they got here to return Rs 33 lakh from the cash obtained on behalf of Tripathi.

The three have been arrested below the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code. Pandey is the non-public assistant of Tripathi, the ACB mentioned.

The complainant has additionally submitted audio and video recordings of his purported dealings in the course of the cost and return of the bribe quantity. An investigation is on to unearth the entire case and to gather proof, it added.