New Delhi, March 19 -- The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi has officially registered an FIR against Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendra Jain, the former Public Works Department (PWD) Minister of the Delhi government, in connection with a major corruption scandal involving a Rs. 571 crore CCTV installation project.

The case centers on allegations that Jain accepted a bribe of Rs. 7 crore to waive a Rs. 16 crore penalty imposed on Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) due to significant delays in the project.

The FIR was registered on 18 March, marking a significant development in a long-running investigation that began after the story was first broken by The Sunday Guardian in its 8 January 2023 edition ('Bribe was paid to get penalty waiv...