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Inquiring into alleged scam of disbursal of societal information pension to the dead/ineligible radical successful Haryana, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) successful its study has made immoderate damning remarks astir Haryana authorities to woody with the scam, stating that the authorities constabulary enquiry (into FIR No. 46/2017) was “found to beryllium perfunctory” and “no corrective actions were taken by the District Social Welfare Officers (DSWOs) oregon the authorities to code the wide scam of organisation of pension to dead/ineligible persons passim Haryana state”.
The CBI submitted its study earlier the Punjab and Haryana High Court aft the HC had asked it to behaviour an probe into the alleged scam.
The study was submitted by Pawan Kumar, Enquiry Officer/Inspector, CBI, done counsel, Ravi Kamal Gupta, earlier a seat of Justice Vinod S Bhardwaj.
The precocious tribunal was proceeding a petition filed by Rakesh Bains and another, done Advocate Pardeep Kumar Rapria.
“Enquiry has revealed fraudulent disbursement of pension to beneficiaries successful jurisdictions of municipal committees selected arsenic samples. Thus, a elaborate verification process is needed to find the grade of pension payments made aft death, on with betterment efforts,” stated the CBI report.
The CBI further recommended that district-wise cases beryllium registered by authorities Vigilance/Economic Offences Branch/ACB of Haryana for a thorough probe into the fraudulent organisation of pensions, if immoderate criminality recovered pursuant to specified elaborate verification.
The CBI said that the enquiry qua FIR No. 46/2017, registered connected January 28, 2017, astatine Shahbad constabulary station, revealed that the said FIR was registered nether IPC sections 409 and 420 against the unit of Municipal Committee, Shahbad, connected a ailment of DSWO, Kurukshetra. The ailment was against officials of Municipal Committee and 1 erstwhile councillor. However, the ailment was aboriginal changed to beryllium lodged lone against Municipal Committee and aft completion of the investigation, a chargesheet was filed nether sections 409 and 420 of IPC successful the Court of SDJM, Shahbad, against Yashpal, the past sewadar (peon), and Ashwani, the past clerk, some posted astatine MC Shahbad, Kurukshetra.
“The probe of the aforesaid FIR had concluded that nary different nationalist servant was recovered to person committed immoderate irregularities successful the disbursement of pension…Therefore, the probe conducted by the authorities constabulary concerning the pension organisation scam involving wrongful payments made to deceased pensioners successful Shahbad, Kurukshetra, appears to beryllium perfunctory arsenic the full work is laid connected Ashwani Kumar, clerk, and Yashpal, peon. However, the enquiry suggests that the past councillors signed the APRs (Actual Payment Receipts) successful token of having identified pension beneficiaries, galore of whom were already deceased,” the CBI study mentioned, adding that “signing the APRs without due verification led to mendacious certification of payments to deceased individuals”.
The CBI enquiry further revealed that arsenic per chargesheet of section police, “wrongful outgo disbursed successful the sanction of dormant pensioners to the tune of Rs 13,45,725 (including 12% interest) was recovered by councillors from the families of dormant beneficiaries but those beneficiaries were examined during probe of FIR 46/2017… revealing that they neither got specified pension nor effected immoderate recovery…Thus the probe conducted by the authorities constabulary successful transportation with FIR No. 46/2017 was perfunctory and inadequate successful respective respects”, said the report.
On enquiry regarding the bogus claim, the CBI has revealed that “the contented of fraudulent disbursement of pensions is not confined to Shahbad Municipal Committee alone. Similar irregularities were recovered successful different areas, wherever pensions continued to beryllium drawn successful the names of deceased beneficiaries. Specifically, successful the Municipal Committees of Pehowa, Ladwa, and Thanesar, respective cases of pension disbursement aft decease were identified…Enquiry revealed that pension of the beneficiaries was not stopped instantly aft their decease and aforesaid were stopped aft lapses of much than 1 month…A thorough verification is required…”.
The CBI earlier successful its preliminary study submitted earlier the precocious tribunal had recommended taking disciplinary enactment against the erring officials.
As per the petitioner, adjacent though the responsive (state) had itself, successful its response, acknowledged that arsenic galore arsenic 14,000 amerciable beneficiaries person been identified successful Haryana and had assured initiation of due measures for effecting betterment and besides for taking effectual steps against the radical criminally involved, nary enactment has been taken truthful far.
The tribunal adjourned the substance to January 24.
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