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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | CBI bats for whistleblower by Nitin Sethi

CBI bats for whistleblower by Nitin Sethi

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published Published on Jan 9, 2012   modified Modified on Jan 9, 2012

The CBI has said that the multi-crore forestry scam in Haryana which was exposed by whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi, a young forest official, is a fit case for it to investigate independently. 

However, the agency will require clearance from both the Centre and the state government to investigate a case that many officials have attempted to scuttle over the last five years. The green signal may be difficult to get considering that a Union government report had indicted senior officers, including some in the chief minister's office, and a minister of being complicit in either hiding facts or instead persecuting the whistleblower, including hoisting false charges on him. 

The note from CBI to the Central Vigilance Commission, a copy of which is in TOI's possession, says, "The issues raised by Sanjiv Chaturvedi were analysed by CBI and were found to be worthy of an independent probe. The CBI can probe such matters provided notifications are issues by both the state and central government and the state government first files an FIR." 

The case of embezzlement of funds from a central government scheme and violation of Supreme Court orders to build a canal through a wildlife sanctuary was earlier investigated by a two-member committee of the Union environment and forests ministry which found that the officer had been falsely charge-sheeted and hounded by some senior officials and ministers in the state. It had sent the report to the state to act upon. The Congress government in the state rejected the report and instead accused the environment ministry's investigations of being malafide. 

When the Centre asked for the officer to be released on deputation to Delhi, the state government attacked both the officer and the central government, stating that Chaturvedi had used the cover of a whistleblower to hide his misconduct and connived with officers of the environment ministry to get his charge-sheet quashed. 

Environment secretary T Chatterjee, asking the CVC to identify a central government agency to investigate the scam, had noted that the state government's submissions against the ministry's report were only 'rhetorical' and without 'relevant documentary support'. He had noted that Chaturvedi had provided 'clinching evidence' but considering the state government's defiance, he had asked CVC to identify an agency. CVC took its time to write to CBI asking for its advice, which responded to say that it was a fit case for investigation. 

The Times of India, 9 January, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CBI-bats-for-whistleblower/articleshow/11417260.cms


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