Author: Shashank Shantanu
Publication: Indiatoday.in
Date: June 1, 2017
URL:   http://m.indiatoday.in/story/delhi-pwd-scam-rahul-sharma-whistleblower-attacked-arvind-kejriwal/1/968060.html

Rahul Sharma had claimed that Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's brother-in-law Surender Kumar Bansal was involved in PWD scam.

Rahul Sharma, the whistleblower who had claimed that a relative of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was linked to the Public Works Department (PWD) scam, was shot at by two unidentified men in Greater Noida.

Sharma escaped unhurt in the attack which took place on Wednesday (May 31).

"Two boys on motorcycle overtook my car near Gaurs International School and fired at me. Locals raised an alarm and I escaped unhurt," Rahul Sharma said.

"They fired at the front windshield of my car and fled from the scene immediately. I could not see their faces as they were wearing helmets," said Sharma who founder of NGO Roads Anti-Corruption Organisation.

Sharma's NGO, through an RTI response, had uncovered a scam in the PWD alleging that Kejriwal's late brother-in-law Surender Kumar Bansal.

Rahul Sharma had alleged that Bansal was involved in financial irregularities in the construction of a drainage system in north-west Delhi's Bakoli village.