New Delhi, March 20 -- The Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Wednesday booked Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former PWD minister Satyendar Jain for allegedly waiving a Rs.16 crore penalty imposed on Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in exchange for an alleged bribe of Rs.7 crore.

The penalty on BEL was for delays in installing 140,000 CCTV cameras in Delhi in 2018-19.

A first information report (FIR) was registered two days ago under corruption and criminal conspiracy charges in the Rs.571-crore CCTV project, following sanction from the Union home ministry to prosecute Jain under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act (PoC Act) last week.

Jain has been named in the FIR, along with unidentified officials from the Public Wo...