Investigate employees accused of corruption: Maharashtra govt orders BMC
The Maharashtra government has written to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) directing it to probe 2,001 of its staff accused of corruption. An Urban Development department official said investigations were pending against these BMC employees related to 261 different departments. He said that according to a complaint, files of around 1,000 officials had been intentionally misplaced so investigation against them couldn't be completed.
BMC says no files have been misplaced
The complaint about the missing files was lodged by BMC corporators. "However, the BMC during an explanation call has conveyed to us that none of the files have been misplaced," the official said. "The corporators demanded that the state government take cognizance of the delay in investigations and ask the BMC to finish them at the earliest," he added.
Congress claims inquiry would not bear any result
On receiving the complaint, the state government had, on March 8, directed the BMC to complete pending inquiries at the earliest. Meanwhile, the opposition Congress claimed it was unlikely that the inquiry would bear any result. "The entire country knows that BMC is a center of corruption which thrives on the nexus between the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena and corporation officials," said an MPCC spokesperson.
MPCC spokesperson's view on the investigation against BMC officials
"The nexus between the ruling party and corporation officials cannot be broken till these parties are thrown out of power. It would not be surprising if the BMC changes its stand and says the files pertaining to the investigation against its officials have been misplaced."
