TEAM HERALD
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PANJIM: The anti corruption branch (ACB) sleuths on Tuesday charged former chairpersons of Mormugao Municipal Council and other officials with corruption and criminal conspiracy for cheating the state exchequer to the tune of Rs 32 lakh.
A case was registered based on the findings of a preliminary enquiry conducted by the ACB when it was found that MMC followed defective procedure and did not adhere to tender specifications in the purchase of refuse collector.
The FIR has accused the former chief officer of MMC, former chairpersonof MMC, proprietor of Mapusa-based Raj Traders Rajesh Marathe and other MMC officials for hatching criminal conspiracy in pursuance of which a defective garbage Compactor was purchased through stage managed tender, without following due procedures for Rs 32 lakh.
“It also gave pecuniary gain to the proprietor,” said an official. An offence under sections 120-B, 420, 468, 471 of IPC and Section 13(2) read with 13(i)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act. 1988 has been registered against them.
In yet another case, the ACB registered a separate bribery offence against the upper division clerk Vaman Tari of the Regional Employment Exchange after the preliminary findings found him guilty.
As per the complaint, Tari demanded and accepted bribe of Rs 3.50 lakh from job seekers namely Vithal B Assolkar, Jayesh Assolkar and Santosh B Gaikwad on the false pretext of recruiting them in multinational companies. The government employee has been booked under sections 419 and 420 of IPC and Section 7 and 13 (i)(d) r/w 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.
