Overview
- Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh formally closed the FIR filed in May 2018 after a four-year CBI probe found no evidence of personal gain, bribery or procedural violations.
- The CBI determined that urgent project needs and a 50 percent vacancy in PWD architect positions justified outsourcing to external consultants.
- Investigators recorded 1,700 applications in an open tender won by Soni Detective & Allied Services and an expert panel selected 17 consultants.
- The agency reported that reallocating funds from the Barapulla Phase-III project to Mohalla Clinics fell within the ₹5 crore approval limit and did not harm the government exchequer.
- Separate investigations by the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Enforcement Directorate into other alleged irregularities involving AAP leaders remain underway.