Vinay Bansal not involved in any scam, BJP using ACB against us: AAP

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj on Friday said that Vinay Bansal – the son of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's deceased brother-in-law, Surender – is not connected to the alleged PWD scam in any way, adding that AAP has published all the documents related to the allegations in the public.

"We have all the necessary documents and (Vinay Bansal) was not connected in any kind of scam. It is a clear vendetta which the BJP is doing by using the ACB (Anti-Corruption Branch) against us," Bharadwaj told reporters here.

He also displayed several documents, stating that there is no scam whatsoever in the Public Works Department (PWD).

Meanwhile, Bansal – who was on Thursday arrested in connection with an alleged scam worth Rs 6 crore in the PWD – on Friday moved a bail plea in a court here.

Furthermore, the Tihar jail authorities failed to present him before Additional Sessions Judge Sanjay Khanagwal who was scheduled to hear his remand proceedings.

Judge Khanagwal, who had ordered for Bansal to be brought before the court, sought an explanation from jail authorities for not presenting the accused.

The court said that it will hear Bansal's bail plea on Monday. The ACB on Thursday arrested Bansal from his residence in west Delhi's Pitampura after he failed to give satisfactory replies on firm Mahadeo Impacts.

Bansal was later sent to one-day judicial custody on Thursday after he was presented in a Tis Hazari court here.

Bansal was a partner in a firm alleged to be involved in the scam. The ACB registered an FIR on May 8, 2017, after a complaint that his father got a tender below 46 per cent on behalf of company Renu Construction, on the estimated cost of Rs 4.9 lakh. It was also mentioned in the complaint that the quality of iron and cement supplied were not up to the mark.