New Delhi, May 10: The Anti-corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested Vinay Bansal in connection with Public Works Department (PWD) scam in the national capital, reported news agency ANI. Vinay Bansal is the son of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s late brother-in-law, Surender Bansal. Also Read - Stubble Burning May Worsen COVID-19 Situation in North: Punjab CM Demands Fiscal Aid From Centre

In June last year, three FIRs were filed on a complaint filed against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in alleged PWD scam. Surender Bansal, a proprietor of a construction firm and a public servant, was an accused of irregularities in the grant of contracts for roads and sewer lines in Delhi. Also Read - Delhi Containment Zones: Over 600 Hotspots Identified Within 10 Days, Total Number Jumps to 1937 | Check Zone-wise Full List Here

According to three FIRs registered by the ACB against Kejriwal and others on May 8, 2017, the Delhi Government’s PWD committed illegitimate favouritism in awarding a tender to Surendra Kumar Bansal’s Renu Construction for road and sewer construction projects. Also Read - Delhi High Court Stays AAP Govt Order to Reserve 80% ICU beds in Private Hospitals for COVID Patients

The complainant, founder of NGO Roads Anti-Corruption Organisation (RACO), Rahul Sharma alleged that the tender was awarded at 46 percent lower than the estimated cost of Rs 4,90,000. It was also alleged that the product quality was inferior.

The Delhi Police stated that the arrest was made based upon the unsatisfactory answers of the accused during the questioning, regarding Mahadev Company from whom the company claimed to have bought the raw materials.

In the course of the investigation, Mahadev Company was found to be non-existent. However, the Delhi Government alleged political vendetta behind the arrest, claiming that the construction work undertaken by Bansal’s firm was given a clean chit by Sriram Labs, which was directed by the ACB to do the inspection.

It also claimed that a third party certification of the construction was done by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee. (With ANI inputs)