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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday sent to Lt Governor V.K. Saxena the report against Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar recommending his immediate removal and suspension from the post for “favouring” MetaMix Technologies Pvt Ltd, where his Karan Chauhan is a founder.
According to a Delhi government source, the development comes a day after the Chief secretary was accused of awarding to MetaMix Technologies Pvt Ltd a contract for developing AI software for ILBS hospital without issuing any tender.
Apparently, Naresh Kumar is also the Chairman of the ILBS Hospital.
During the course of an inquiry by Vigilance Minister Atishi, it was further revealed that Chauhan is also the Founder or Director in a web of companies, many of which have been awarded contracts by government agencies, including in Delhi.
“The investigations in the NHAI land acquisition matter and the complex web of undisclosed commercial relationships have given rise to a reasonable suspicion that the Chief Secretary may have unduly favoured other companies associated with his son, or may have used his power and influence on other persons to accrue unlawful benefits to the companies associated with his son,” the sources said.
“One particular relationship that was unearthed in the probe was that Chauhan is the founder of a company called MetaMix Technologies Pvt. Ltd (hereafter called ‘MetaMix). This company was founded on May 10 last year by Chauhan, Anish Sarin, also promoter of Anant Raj Limited, which is also involved in the commercial relationships discovered in the NHAI land acquisition case and Saksham Harivyasi,” the source said referring to the preliminary report by the Vigilance Minister.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the partnership between MetaMix and ILBS was executed on January 25 this year, the source claimed.
