The Delhi Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday filed an FIR against the erstwhile Sheila Dixit government and the current AAP government in the Rs 400 crore water tanker 'scam' of the capital. Both Dixit and Kejriwal could be called for questioning as part of the probe into the scam, which apparently took place during Dixit's regime.

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"FIR is against both the previous Delhi Govt and present government," said ACB chief MK Meena. Sources said the FIR was registered against the current AAP government for delaying the probe into the scam.

Meena said two complaints were received with regard to the scam and those named in the complaints include Dikshit and Kejriwal. He said both Dikshit and Kejriwal will be quizzed.

"An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act and both of them will be quizzed," Meena said.

The ACB is acting on the complaint filed by AAP Minister Kapil Mishra. Last week, LG Najeeb Jung forwarded a complaint by AAP against Dikshit to the ACB, over her alleged role in the water tanker scam. Dixit had claimed that the allegations are "politically motivated".

"We got a complain from Kapil Mishra that they got an inquiry conducted and found out that the scam was during Sheila Dikshit government," said Meena.

Dikshit, last week, claimed that the decision to procure the water tanker was not "hers alone". She said a board comprising the Delhi Jal Board CEO, engineers and experts took the decision to procure them. "One BJP MLA and two municipal councillors were also part of the decision-making process," she had said.

The FIR was registered under sections of Prevention of Corruption Act and IPC.

The Delhi ACB was taken over by the Centre last year by the Delhi government.