Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday sanctioned punitive actions and upheld earlier decisions against three Government officials for irregularities in Govt works and emphasised on encouraging better performing employees to infuse them with confidence to make them win people’s trust in return.
Three Government officials are facing the ire of CM include the then MD of Gumla-Simdega Central Cooperative Bank Chandeshwar Kapar; former Assistant Engineer, National Highway Division Dhanbad, Rajendra Prasad; the then DEO, Khunti, Arvind Kumar.
Kapar has been sacked from his position as he has been facing 38 cases of misappropriation of funds and negligence while posted as District Cooperative Officer, Pakur.
He has been under suspension for disregarding Government order while posted as the cooperative officer and causing failure of Government’s project by cheating, misappropriating and criminal conspiracy in the procurement of Kharif crops in 2013.
Kapar is facing the charge of misappropriating Rs 6,83,15,600 and an FIR has been lodged against him in Gumla PS. Recovery exercise for misappropriated money is underway against the tainted officer.
In another case, Prasad has been accused of acting irresponsibly that helped a contractor in getting reimbursement of funds on 64 fake invoices of bituminous while he was posted at Dhanbad.
Prasad’s negligence helped contractor in securing sanction of bills of Rs 93,64,384. Das ordered downgrading Prasad and recovery of part of the revenue loss suffered by government has been ordered by the CM.
Meanwhile, Kumar’s plea for quashing punishment has been turned down by the CM. Kumar was found guilty of not suspending a clerk of his office while the clerk was under judicial custody and granting leave for the period without seeking any clarifications. He was suspended earlier while he was posted at DEO, Jamtara.