FIR lodged against self help group's prez

On the initiative of Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC), an FIR was lodged against poultry producer self help group’s president while disciplinary action has been recommended against the CEO of Chanderi Janpad Panchayat, assistant engineer and APO for irregularities in the MNREGA and payment of labourers was done after four years.

The Commission in a statement on Thursday informed that a case was registered against poultry producer self help group’s president Brajesh Kumar lodhi for preparing forge muster roll and bills for the plantation work while disciplinary action has been recommended against the then Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Janpad Panchayat Chanderi in Ashoknagar district Purshottam Sharma, assistant engineer Brajesh Kumar Chowdhary and APO JP Gupta for irregularities in the MNREGA.

Ashoknagar District Panchayat CEO Surbhi Sinha, who was summoned by the MPHRC in the case informed. Chargesheet against all the three accused has been sent to commissioner Gwalior division and commissioner MP employment guarantee Council (MPEGC) Bhopal for disciplinary action. 

After enquiry in the issue, it was found that the actual wages of labourers were found to be `51, 850 in place of `1.78 lakh. The actual wages have been deposited in the accounts of labourers, she added.

During the enquiry, it was found that only 23 labourers actually worked whereas working by 46 laborers was shown in MNREGA records. The FIR is registered against the self help group president does not have name of any Government official, especially of those, who were responsible for verifying the number of labourers shown in the muster roll. 

The MPHRC has told the Ashoknagar collector to review over the issue keeping in mind this fact. Director of the MPEGC Arun Kumar Shrivastava has also informed the MPHRC that action has been initiated to recover excess amount from the then CEO Purshottam Sharma.