In connection with the alleged scam to the tune of Rs 240 crore detected in the acquisition of farmland for widening of the national highway-74 between 2011 and 2016 in Udham Singh Nagar district, four persons -two PCS officers and two retired Government employees- are reported to have appeared before the SIT that was formed to probe the scam. It is learnt that the SIT members questioned them for around six hours in a closed room in Udham Singh Nagar. Notably, SIT has so far questioned over 50 persons, including NHAI officials, allegedly involved in the scam. Sources said that PCS officer Jagdish lal and SS Jangpangi and retired Tehsildar Chatur Singh and Kanoongo Udayveer Singh have appeared before the SIT on Tuesday.
Their statements have been duly recorded by the SIT officers, said CO Swatantra Kumar. Earlier, on June 14, SIT team had conducted raids at around ten places spread over Kashipur, Rudrapur Kaladungi, Bajpur, Sitarganj, Nanakmatta, Rudrapur, Kashipur and Dehradun.
SIT is being led by the additional SP Kamlesh Upadhyay with CO Swatantra Kumar acting as the investigating officer. SIT is being supervised by SSP, Udham Singh Nagar, and DIG Kumaon Ajay Rautela.