New Delhi: The CBI has asked former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik to answer certain queries in connection with an alleged insurance scam in the Union Territory, officials said on Friday.

The move comes days after the former Jammu and Kashmir governor had levelled allegations against the Narendra Modi-led government over the Pulwama terror attack of February 2019, in which 40 CRPF Jawans had been killed. 

Mailk, in a recent interview, claimed that the terror attack had taken place as a result of the Union Government’s incompetence and cited it as a massive “intelligence failure.” 

Reacting to the development, Malik told PTI that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has asked for his presence at the agency’s Akbar Road guesthouse here for “certain clarifications.”

“They want certain clarifications for which they want my presence. I am going to Rajasthan so I have given them dates from April 27 to 29 when I am available,” Malik said. The CBI had examined him in connection with the alleged scam last year.

In April last year, the CBI lodged two FIRs over corruption allegations levelled by Malik in the awarding of contracts for a group medical insurance scheme for government employees and civil work worth Rs 2,200 crore related to the Kiru hydroelectric power project in Jammu and Kashmir.