Jain, who holds the PWD portfolio, is already facing a Central Bureau of Investigation case related to alleged money laundering.
—Jain is accused of violating norms in hiring architects for the public works department (PWD)
— The agency also named then officials of the PWD — engineer-in-chief S K Srivastava, and others as accused
—CBI raided their homes in addition to 5 other locations
—During a year-long preliminary enquiry, the CBI said it found that Jain had allegedly entered into a criminal conspiracy with the officials of the PWD to award the tender to an agency to hire a creative team
—It is alleged that the accused abused their official position to change the terms and conditions of the notice inviting the tender to bring within the eligibility criteria the company, which had no prior experience of such work.
—accused of violating norms in hiring architects for PWD
— also names then officials of the PWD — engineer-in-chief S K Srivastava, and others
—CBI raids homes of accused and 5 other locations
—year-long preliminary enquiry found irregularities in award of tender to agency
—creative team hired found to have no prior experience of such work
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