- Police gave information to the court, till yesterday the PCR of the accused increased
Nagpur. In the case of stationery scam exposed in Municipal Corporation, 4 accused arrested so far were presented in the District Sessions Court. During the hearing, it was told on behalf of the government that there is a possibility of involvement of some high officials in this scam. The officers and these accused have to go to the bottom of the matter by making them sit before each other, due to which the court was requested to give the accused in police custody. After the hearing, Chief Justice Magistrate Mohan Padvanshi, Clerk of General Administration Department, Auditor Mohd. Ashfaq Ahmed, stationery supplier contractor Atul Sakore and Padmakar Kolba Sakore were ordered to be sent to police custody till December 22. On behalf of Mohan Padvanshi, Mr. Prakash Naidu argued.
2 accused still absconding
It is noteworthy that according to the FIR registered by the Municipal Corporation, there were 4 contractors of stationery supply agencies, after registering a case against them, the Sadar Police arrested 2 accused under the guidance of Senior Inspector Vinod Chaudhary, but still 2 accused are absconding. During the hearing, the court was told that out of the 4 accused, 2 accused have to be arrested. Their clue can be found only from these accused. Apart from this, even though a scam of 67 lakhs is visible at the primary level, but it can be a bigger matter. It is necessary to interrogate the accused to get to the bottom of all the things. During the hearing, adjudicating on behalf of Padvanshi, Mr. Naidu told that the whole matter is related to the health department. Even the stationery supplier contractor himself has returned the check. If he had to commit a scam, the check could have been encashed, but he himself returned it to the Municipal Corporation after getting the check for the extra amount.
Finance department under suspicion
According to sources, even though the process of uploading the file by the clerk of any department has been rigged, but the process of payment is completed only after actually scrutinizing it on behalf of the finance department. Even for a long time, the payment is not approved by the Finance Department, but in this case, the process of continuous payment was completed at great speed. Due to this, the Finance Department is also under suspicion in the stationery scam. According to sources, how the rigging was carried out by the Police Department by going to the Municipal Headquarters, it was investigated. The arrested auditor and clerk exposed the details of how the files were uploaded on the computer. On this basis, the police believed that this would not have been possible without the connivance of the officers.
Committee’s ongoing dazzle
It is worth mentioning that while the Municipality made an FIR regarding the scam, it also constituted a committee of officers to scrutinize the accounts in other departments of the Municipal Corporation.
The officers’ committee is constantly holding meetings regarding this matter. The function of the committee is that instead of checking the accounts of the departments regarding stationery and other supplies, future measures are being discussed.
Sources informed that there was an attempt by the administration to put the whole matter in cold storage. In the meeting held on Monday, now a new formula for login on the computer was decided.
According to this, as soon as any login is done, his OTP will be generated on the mobile of the responsible officer of the computer concerned. Login to the computer can be done only after entering the OTP.