The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) “does not see any merit” in a slew of complaints it was bombarded with pertaining to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal daughter’s alleged bid to bribe a Transport Department official recently.
In a bid to illustrate that corruption was dying a slow death in the Capital since he took over, Mr. Kejriwal had related an anecdote about his daughter’s attempt to bribe an official during the course of acquiring her driver’s licence at a public event on Sunday.
A day later, several complaints were received by the ACB requesting that criminal proceedings be launched against her for attempting to bribe a public servant.
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One of these was from retired bureaucrat and former Delhi Chief Secretary Omesh Saigal citing section seven of the prevention of corruption act and asking the ACB to launch criminal proceedings. According to the ACB, however, Mr. Saigal’s complaint had “not officially been received”. Even it had been, a source said, the ACB was more than likely to strike it down citing issues of locus-standi.
“To launch criminal proceedings against someone simply trying to gauge the efficiency of the anti-graft machinery is ridiculous,” said an official.