Ex-J&K governor Satya Pal Malik summoned by CBI over insurance scam

Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning as a witness in a case of alleged corruption by industrialist Anil Ambani's Reliance General Insurance.

He will appear before the agency on April 28.

"CBI wants certain clarifications in connection with case reported by me," Satyapal Malik said, according to PTI. "They want certain clarifications for which they want my presence. I am going to Rajasthan so I have given them dates from April 27 to 29 when I am available," Malik said.

In an interview with Karan Thapar held last week, Malik had mentioned that BJP leader Ram Madhav paid him a 'special visit to try and get him to pass the scheme proposed by Reliance Insurance' and tried to 'change his mind' post cancellation.

The CBI had examined him in connection with the alleged scam last year.

In April last year, the CBI lodged two FIRs over corruption allegations levelled by Malik in the awarding of contracts for a group medical insurance scheme for government employees and civil work worth Rs 2,200 crore related to the Kiru hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir.

(with PTI inputs)