A year passed after the Adarsh Gas Agency scam was exposed. The main accuse in case and agency owner Sandeep Dayal after absconding for about three months had surrendered in court and is now on bail.
The Bharat Petroleum Company limited (BPCl) which had slapped fine of Rs 87.53 lakh on gas agency is yet to recover the amount. The Territory Manger BPCl Ashish Parulekar talking with The Pioneer informed that the matter was with the legal cell of the company and hence would not be able to tell about it.
Notably the then Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Somil Ranjan Choubey and district Assistant Food Officer Sanjay Dubey on August 16, 2012 had started investigation into case and had exposed the entire fiasco. The officers after conducting investigations for about two months in which they covered 52 villages and seven ward of Raipur Municipal Corporation found that the Chandkhuri based agency had made 2972 fake consumer cards. Through these fake cards the agency had swindled subsidies worth rupees several crores.
later on direction of district Collector Siddhartha Komal Singh Pardeshi a case was registered against the agency owner with Mandir Hasoud police station. It was also know that the agency had prepared about 169 fake cards to be supplied in primary schools for nationalized program mid day meal. Fake cards showing supply in CRPF Camp Baradera were also found. The administration has filed a report of 11,526 pages. Meanwhile sources in the district administration informed that after strict directives from district collector BPCl has imposed fine of Rs 87.53 lakh on Adarsh gas agency.
The Raipur collector had even written a letter expressing strong objection over non-action from the part of BPCl after with the company cancelled agency registration.