A CBI probe has been ordered into the allegations levelled by Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik that he was offered a bribe of Rs 300 crore when he was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.
According to reports carried by several news agencies, the Jammu and Kashmir government has recommended that the CBI investigate the matter to ascertain the facts and the details.
On October 17, 2021, Malik had alleged that when he was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, he was offered Rs 300 crore in return for clearing the files of the union and big industrial houses. However, he refused to accept the money and canceled the deals.
‘Two files had come for my consideration… One of the secretaries told me that if I approve these, I can get Rs 150 crore each. I turned down the offer saying that I had brought five kurta-pyjamas (to Kashmir), and will just go with them,” Malik had said in a program in Rajasthan.
He further said, “But as a precaution, I took time from the Prime Minister and went to meet him. I told them this is a file, it is a scam, these are the people involved, and they take your name, so you tell me what to do.”
Following such serious allegations by a former governor, the Jammu and Kashmir government has yesterday recommended that the CBI investigate the matter to find out the truth.
Malik was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir from August 2018 to October 2019. Later he was shifted to Goa before he was appointed as Governor of Meghalaya in 2021.
