Days after Vigilance officer probing corruption by Arvind Kejriwal alleged ‘break-in’ to steal info, CCTV footage confirms the break-in: Watch

Days after Special Secretary (Vigilance) YVVJ Rajshekhar, who was tasked with probing the alleged corruption in Delhi CM Kejriwal’s residence renovation and was divested of his duties earlier this month wrote a letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi L-G office, and Delhi Anti Corruption Branch alleging a break-in at his office and tampering with the data, a CCTV footage has been accessed by TimesNow of the break-in.

In the CCTV footage, three suspects have been seen coming out of Vigilance Secretary Rajshekhar’s cabin (room no. 403) with some info at spherical 2:07 am on the intervening night of fifteenth May and sixteenth May. The suspects took the data to the adjoining room (room no. 404) having photocopiers and paper shredders. Room amount 404 moreover had a board that be taught ‘Entry prohibited, Confidential room’. It is notable that Rajshekhar was rapidly after requested at hand over the fragile info to the Delhi authorities. 

TIMES NOW accesses CCTV footage that current the ‘proof of midnight break-in’ into the vigilance secy’s room, who was tasked to probe the Sheesh Mahal probe.

On May 16 at 2:07 am, three suspects could also be seen, choosing up info…: @NavikaKumar shares the #distinctive particulars. pic.twitter.com/sqc1Sz79J9

— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) May 25, 2023
YVVJ Rajshekhar’s letter

In his letter to the Ministry of Home Affairs, Delhi L-G office, and Delhi Anti Corruption Branch after being shunted out, YVVJ Rajshekhar wrote that throughout the wee hours of the night, his office was broken into, and delicate info related to the excise protection probe, renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence and folks referred to central investigation firms was photocopied. Room no. 403, Special Secretary (Vigilance) at Delhi Sectt, was broken into on the intervening night of fifteenth and sixteenth May at 3:00 AM. The letter moreover expressed apprehensions that his office may want been bugged.

“However, it is understood from a preliminary enquiry that Sh. Manish (MTS) has opened the room of the undersigned and allegedly photocopied all the records i.e. from the 15th May 2023 night to the 16th May 2023 til 3:00 AM. The undersigned is not sure whether any record/file was taken away or otherwise tampered with it or photocopied. It is a serious lapse in the present scenario”, the letter acknowledged.

Delhi L-G reinstates YVVJ Rajshekhar to his place

On Monday, Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena reinstated Rajshekhar on the premise of the Central authorities’s ordinance revising the Supreme Court order giving the flexibility to submit, change and appoint officers to the Delhi Government. It is notable that the Centre has launched an ordinance notifying tips for the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) which restored among the many power once more to the central authorities as correctly.

However, Services Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj in a memorandum on Tuesday known as the Vigilance Secretary’s reinstatement as “unauthorized and illegal” as he asserted that he is the competent authority for work allocation. 

Even though the AAP authorities continues to label Rajshekhar as an “illegal occupant” of the place, Rajshekhar met with vigilance officers on Wednesday and requested them to compile a listing of data to verify they’d not been tampered with whereas he was absent.

Cases that YVVJ Rajasekhar was probing in direction of the AAP authorities

It is notable that YVVJ Rajasekhar may be probing quite a lot of completely different circumstances, along with excise division chargesheets and their sanctions beneath diverse provisions of the POC (Prevention of Corruption) Act, FBU case pertaining to the establishing of a separate intelligence unit, allegations of overspending on political advertisements, and bills of helpful remedy to AAP workers in hiring venues for Mohalla Clinics. He was moreover probing the liquor rip-off and Arvind Kejriwal spending taxpayers’ money on establishing his palatial mansion.