Friday, September 2 2005 12:13 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Compounding problems for the Sheila Dikshit Government on the issue of power tariff hike, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought details from the Chief Secretary on the privatisation of Delhi Vidyut Board (DVB).

Acknowledging a letter written by Leader of Opposition Jagdish Mukhi demanding a probe into the DVB privatisation, CVC Additional Secretary Balwinder Singh wrote, "the matter is receiving attention in the Commission. A report has been called in the matter from the Chief Secretary, Government of NCT of Delhi."

Mukhi had written to the CVC on July 26 and received the acknowledgement from the Commission yesterday (Sept 1, 2005).

In his letter to the Commission, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader had alleged gross irregularities in the privatisation of DVB and quoting the Comptroller and Audit General (CAG) report had claimed that there was a scam of Rs 8,000 crore involved in it.

He, along with several other MLAs, had also approached the Commission in person and had a four-hour-long discussion with its officials on the issue.

"This is a major breakthrough which is going to expose the corruption involved in privatisation of power," he said.