'Unable To Talk, My Condition Very Serious': Satya Pal Malik Posts Photo After CBI Files Chargesheet

The CBI filed a chargesheet against Satyapal Malik and five others in connection with alleged corruption in the award of Rs 2,200-crore civil works for Kiru hydropower project.

Former J&K governor Satya Pal Malik with his supporters at RK Puram police station, in New Delhi.

Source : PTI

Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Thursday said he is currently admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi and his condition is "very serious".

The remarks came shortly after the CBI filed a chargesheet against the former Governor in a corruption case. The former governor said he was getting calls from many well-wishers which he was unable to take. 

"I’m receiving calls from many well-wishers, but I’m unable to answer them. My condition is very serious at the moment. I’m currently admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi and am not in a state to talk to anyone," Malik said in a post on X.

The CBI filed a chargesheet against Satya Pal Malik and five others in connection with alleged corruption in the award of Rs 2,200-crore civil works for Kiru hydropower project.

The agency has submitted its findings after three years of probe before a special court naming Malik and five others as accused. The CBI had conducted searches at the premises of Malik and others in connection with the case in February last year.

In a statement after the registration of the FIR in 2022, the CBI had said the case pertains to the alleged malpractices in the award of the contract worth about Rs 2,200 crore of civil works of the Kiru Hydro Electric Power (HEP) Project to a private company in 2019.

Malik, who was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir from August 23, 2018 to October 30, 2019, had claimed that he was offered a Rs 300-crore bribe for clearing two files, including the one pertaining to the project. He had denied allegations of corruption against him after the agency conducted search operation last year.

Malik said his residence was raided by the CBI instead of investigating the people he had complained about and who were involved in corruption.