"An FIR under appropriate sections of the law has been registered on the basis of a complaint, and legal action will follow," ACB chief M K Meena said.
The move comes two days after the anti-graft body had registered a case in connection with alleged irregularities by the DSIIDC in conversion of industrial sheds on DDA-allotted land from leasehold to freehold. A senior bureaucrat has been named in the complaints leading to both the cases.
The facts related to the issue were cross-checked with records obtained from the C&AG office, following which the ACB have registered a case of cheating and criminal breach of trust, the ACB source said.
"In 2010, the Lt Governor had approved a change in the business model for the redevelopment and upgradation of the two industrial areas.
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A senior DSIIDC official said that Narela and Bawana Industrial Areas were developed by DSIIDC to relocate industries working in non-conforming areas.
The 'Relocation Scheme' as per directions of Supreme Court of India was taken up by Delhi government's Industries Department, during the year 1996 onwards and DSIIDC was appointed executing agency for its implementation.
The principal objective of the DIDOM Act is to create and develop a sustainable framework for Industrial Estate Management and to bring uniformity in infrastructural facilities through a single implementing agency, which is DSIIDC.
"As per Section 4 of the DIDOM Act, the functions of the Corporation include to establish, operate, maintain and manage industrial estates notified by the government. These industries come under jurisdiction of DSIIDC from Industries Department," the official added.