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In July last year, mid-day reported on the complaint, which included a copy of the document. The complainant alleged that they had paid Rs 30 lakh in cash to Khalid and sponsored his US trip with an additional USD 8,000 (USD)
Quaiser Khalid. File Pic
Six months after a corruption complaint was forwarded to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) by DGP Rashmi Shukla’s office, the ACB has summoned suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid to appear before them today. In July last year, mid-day reported on the complaint, which included a copy of the document. The complainant alleged that they had paid Rs 30 lakh in cash to Khalid and sponsored his US trip with an additional $8,000 (USD). The complaint was filed with DGP Rashmi Shukla on May 7, 2024—six days before the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse that claimed 17 lives.
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Complaint Background
According to a complaint filed with the DGP office by a private individual residing in Sakinaka, Khalid allegedly misused his position as railway commissioner and defrauded the complainant of Rs 37 lakh. The complainant alleges that Khalid assured a hoarding contract on railway premises at Dadar Tilak Bridge, Dadar Railway Police Colony, or Ghatkopar, and received the amount in cash. Reportedly, Rs 10 lakh was delivered to Khalid's residence, while R20 lakh was handed over in cash to Arshad Khan at Shivaji Nagar, who is purportedly a close associate of Khalid and a director in his wife's company. The complaint provided specific dates and amounts paid to Khalid, along with WhatsApp conversations detailing his trip to the US and payments amounting to $6000 for Khalid's purchases, as well as an additional $2000 transferred to a family member in the US at Khalid's behest. Due to these allegations of corruption, the complaint was referred to the ACB for investigation.
The four-page complaint filed with the DGP office alleges that the complainant was introduced to Khalid by a Chembur resident, at the time when Khalid held the position of commissioner of railways, in February 2022. Khalid shared his contact number with the complainant, and they subsequently met two or three times.
Promise to resolve issues
According to the complaint, during these meetings, the complainant raised the issue of his hoardings at Dadar Tilak Bridge, which were under judicial review. Despite the ongoing legal proceedings, the railways removed the hoardings. To the complainant's surprise, in March 2022, he discovered that the hoarding contract had been awarded to Guju Ads' without any tender process. When he confronted Khalid about this issue, Khalid allegedly stated that he already had a deal with Guju Ads and assured the complainant of providing another location for his hoardings, either in Dadar Railway Colony or Ghatkopar.
"After meeting Khalid and receiving assurance from him, I paid Rs 10 lakh in cash as advance at his residence, which was received by one of his close family members, in April 2022," the complainant stated, providing Khalid's residential address and the names of his close family members who received cash. The complainant further stated that after making the payment, the next day he visited Khalid in his office, where he was reassured that the work would be completed, "though it would take some time".
Favours demanded in US
According to the complaint, on August 24, 2022, Khalid informed him that he was in the US for some personal work. Khalid also mentioned that he would be returning from JFK International Airport on September 7, 2022, and requested the complainant to arrange accommodation for him in a five-star property in the Queens area. Khalid provided names of five different hotels and in a WhatsApp chat with the complainant, allegedly stated, "Okay, but it should include breakfast. We may consider hotels in the Queens area too," as detailed in the letter submitted to the DGP's office.
The complaint also alleged that during the US trip, the friend of the complainant in the US gave his âVisa' card to Khalid and the same was used for shopping worth $6100 (USD). Khalid said that he would return the amount after returning from the US. However, he later said that he would adjust the same with the hoarding contracts, according to the complaint.
According to the allegations in the complaint letter submitted to the DGP, Khalid called the complainant on September 15, 2022, and instructed him to deposit $2000 in the account of his (Khalid's) family member residing in the US. Khalid asked the complainant to seek assistance from his US friend, to which the complainant responded that the $6100 paid by his friend was already pending. Allegedly, Khalid stated that he would adjust this amount as well with the hoarding contract.
Subsequently, the complainant deposited $2000 in Khalid's family member's US account. The complainant then met Khalid regarding the hoarding contracts, and Khalid showed him files that had been forwarded to the DGP office. Following this, Khalid allegedly asked the complainant to transfer R20 lakh to Pasban-e-adab, an NGO run by Khalid. The complainant expressed inability to transfer funds to this account and instead handed over cash to Arshad Khan in Shivaji Nagar (Govandi) in December 2022. Khan is also an accused and arrested by the crime branch SIT in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case, he allegedly secured permission of Ghatkopar hoarding and had received more than 1 crore from the accused company.
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