Former BJP MP Kirit Somaiya has written to the Anti-Corruption Bureau complaining against civic ward officer Manish Valanju. He has alleged that the ward officer awarded contracts for Covid-19 testing and screening worth almost Rs 34 crore to two companies to which his father, Radhakrishna Valanju, is connected.

Manish Valanju is currently an assistant commissioner at E ward. He was earlier an assistant commissioner of L ward comprising Kurla and Chembur. Somaiya alleged that Valanju, during his tenure in L Ward, sanctioned and awarded tenders to Genehealth Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd, where Radhakrishna Valanju is a director. The company was incorporated on August 21, 2020. Somaiya also alleged that Radhakrishna Valanju is a director in Krishnachand Properties Pvt. Ltd. alongwith his wife, Chanda Radhakrishna Valanju. Krishnachand Properties Pvt. Ltd. has been made a designated partner in Genehealth Diagnostics LLP, a company founded on June 18, 2021.