New Delhi:

Former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning as a witness in a case of alleged corruption by industrialist Anil Ambani’s Reliance General Insurance.

Mr Malik had cancelled a contract by the company in 2018 when he was the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

In a first information report (FIR), the CBI named Reliance General Insurance along with Trinity Reinsurance Brokers as accused in an alleged scam in rolling out a medical insurance scheme for Jammu and Kashmir government employees and their families.

Mr Malik had alleged fraud in the insurance scheme, after which the CBI action came. The CBI wants to get more information from him about the alleged scam, sources said.

The scheme, covering some 3.5 lakh employees, was rolled out in September 2018 and it was cancelled within a month by Mr Malik.

At that time, Mr Malik had said state government employees wanted the contract to be cancelled as they found it to be “fraudulent” and he too drew the same conclusion after going through the details.

“I myself went through files, and when I came to the conclusion that the contract was awarded wrongly, I cancelled it,” Mr Malik had said.