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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Some top Indian bureaucrats guilty of corruption, says CBI by Iftikhar Gilani

Some top Indian bureaucrats guilty of corruption, says CBI by Iftikhar Gilani

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published Published on May 2, 2011   modified Modified on May 2, 2011
As many as 17 top officials representing the senior bureaucracy are believed to have amassed or misappropriated nearly Rs 603 crore between 2007 and 2010.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has submitted a list of the officials under investigation to the parliamentary committee on assurances. The CBI says these officers had misappropriated funds from the exchequer and entered into criminal conspiracies by making huge illegal financial transactions.

The CBI says it also found investments disproportionate to their income.

A few prominent cases are:

1. K Mohan Chandan, former principal secretary to the Kerala government and chair, state electricity board, entered into a criminal conspiracy by ordering renovation and modernisation work of three hydroelectric power projects to a Canadian firm SNC Lavalin bypassing rules, regulations and normal procedures. The officer under trial allegedly allowed SNC Lavalin to cheat the Kerala government to the tune of Rs 86.25 crore. The loss was estimated at Rs 98.3 crore.

2. Rakesh Mohan, former CEO of Delhi Jal Board, allegedly conspired to award a contract for trenchless renovation of water rising mains of the Delhi Jal Board to a consortium, M/S KIPL, at an exorbitant Rs 35.84 crore. In the quid pro quo, Vijay Kumar of KIPL purchased a house in the US and executed a special power of attorney in favour of Mohan’s son-in-law. A sum of Rs 3 crore was obtained from a bank in the US.

3. Sanjay Kumar, an IAS officer of Haryana cadre, allegedly committed criminal misconduct by awarding the contract for printing and purchase of text books for the Haryana Prathamik Shiksha Pariyojna Parishad to the tune of Rs 5.25 crore, which was beyond his financial powers.

4. K Suresh, then chairman of the Chennai Port Trust, caused wrongful loss of Rs 20 crore according to a case filed against him in 2009. He allowed a dead ship to berth knowing well it would cause a huge loss to the Port Trust. The investigating agencies further found Rs 2.74 crore in the name of his wife Y Geetha disproportionate to his known sources of income.

5. Avinash Kumar, a Jharkhand cadre IAS officer, had allegedly acquired Rs 1.23 crore worth disproportionate assets.

6. Pradeep Kumar, then health secretary of Jharkhand, purchased medicine and other equipment worth Rs 130.5 crore without assessing the actual requirement and without observing the formalities prescribed in this regard. The amount squandered was allotted under the National Rural Health Mission, sponsored by the union government.

7. O Ravi, joint secretary in the Disaster Management Authority, under the union home ministry, facilitated evasion of excise duty and VAT to the tune of Rs 340 crore. He also accepted Rs 25 lakh as illegal gratification to manage the transfer of the Administrator of Daman.

Other officers in the list are R Ezung, secretary in Nagaland; Sukumar N Oommen, chairman and managing director Madras Fertilisers Ltd; JSL Vasava, Commissioner, Lower Assam Division; Jyoti Kalash, Department of Heavy Industry; Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Commissioner Land Disposal, DDA; T Panmei, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Sonepati District, Manipur; Abrahum Varickamakka, Collector and Development Commissioner of Lakshadweep; and Sanjay Dixit, former secretary, Rajasthan.

Iftikhar Gilani is a Special Correspondent with Tehelka.com.
iftikhar@tehelka.com


Tehelka, 30 April, 2011, http://tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Ws300411POLITICS.asp


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