Cancelled 2 Govt deals that involved Rs 300 crore kickbacks: Governor

SRINAGAR: In a startling claim, Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday said Rs 300 crore would have changed hands as kickbacks, had he not cancelled two deals between the state government and private companies after taking charge last year.

He claimed that the prevalence of corruption was more in Kashmir than in the rest of the country as “the ruling elite was itself involved” in it.

“As far as corruption is concerned, after I came here, I cancelled two deals in which Rs 150 crore each was agreed upon (as kickbacks). I spoke to secretaries and they admitted that such a thing had happened. Very powerful people were involved,” Malik told a press conference here, without providing details of the deals. (AGENCIES)

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