Invest UP case: SIT files charge sheet against'middleman' Nikant Jain
LUCKNOW, May 20 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing allegations of corruption in Invest UP on Monday submitted a charge sheet against 'high profile middleman' Nikant Jain, 39, in the court of special judge, Prevention of Corruption Act. Some additions were to be made in the charge sheet, said a lawyer associated with the case.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath had on May 20 suspended Invest UP CEO Abhishek Prakash over allegations of seeking bribe in approving a solar power plant project and ordered a probe against him.
The same day, the Lucknow police arrested Nikant Jain, who was allegedly demanding 5% of the total cost of the project as commission for approving the project.
During interrogation, Jain revealed that he had demanded commission on behalf of the senior official of Invest UP.
An FIR was lodged at the Gomti Nagar police station against Jain under sections of BNS. The state government took action on the complaint lodged by the company, SAEL Solar P6 Private Limited.
Jain was allegedly playing the role of a facilitator in executing the project in lieu of a kickback.
The FIR was lodged on the complaint of Biswajit Datt, employee of the company, SAEL Solar P6 Private Limited.
In the complaint, Datt pointed out that his company wanted to set up a plant in the state for manufacturing parts related to solar plant. For this project, the company submitted online and offline applications at the office of Invest UP at Picup Bhawan, Gomti Nagar....
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