Top Govt officials under ACB scanner
   Date :14-Jan-2020
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By Dheeraj Fartode :
 
Agency seeks open inquiry against a dozen corrupt officers 
 
A DOZEN of top ranked government officials in Nagpur are under the scanner of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for malpractices including corruption. The ACB has conducted secret inquiries of these officials recently and submitted the report for further action. The officials under ACB watch are working with Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL), Public Works Department (PWD), Education Department and Zilla Parishad, claimed sources.
 
Sources informed ‘The Hitavada’ that many complaints poured at the ACB office against these officials with proofs of their properties amassed through illegal means. The ACB then started secret inquiries of these officials and checked their properties registered with City Survey department and vehicles registered with RTO in the names of family members. Similarly, ACB found out that the officials were asking money from common man for every single work. They were not clearing files for months with an aim to pocket quick bucks, the ACB noticed during the inquiry. The bureau had also investigated daily routine of the officials including where they were spending the money, claimed sources.
 
Detailed secret inquiry reports were sent to office of Director General of Police, ACB Maharashtra for approval for an open inquiry, which also needs sanction of competent authority. Soon after getting the approval, the ACB will start an open inquiry of these officials and serve them notice in this regard. It may be mentioned that the ACB had registered a case of disproportionate assets against an Assistant Motor Vehicle Inspector (AMVI) last month after he was found to have assets worth Rs 1.22 crore.
 
Accused Mithun Rameshwar Dongre, posted at the Nagpur Regional Transport Office, had completed only three years of service and amassed property worth Rs 1,22,25,641, including fixed deposits of Rs one crore, vehicles, real estate and investments. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against him.