Former Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator Kishore Samrite has urged the Principal Secretary – General Administration Department (GAD) to take action on the investigation report of Chhindwara Collector Maheshchandra Chowdhry in a case of irregularities to the tune of Rs135 lakh in Tamiya’s Bhariya Development Authority committed by the then SEDMAP managing director Shriram Tiwari.
Samrite in his letter to PS GAD told that SEDMAP Bhopal sanctioned Rs169.20 lakh for the development of tribals of Chhindwara district under the Integrated Tribal Development Project MADA pocket Bhariya Development Authority and Rs135 lakh was withdrawn from it without getting any work done on the basis of forged papers.
Samrite furthers aid that Collector Chhindwara on receiving complaint about it constituted a four member team to conduct inquiry and after getting the report found that the complaint was true forwarded his investigation report that clearly mentioned that irregularities to the tune of Rs135 lakh were committed in 12 works and Tiwari withdrew Rs135 lakh without getting the works done.
He said that despite an IAS sending his report to the state government no action has been taken till now over it. The Collector also did not file any FIR against Tiwari with the Tamiya police station or the Chhindwara Superintendent of Police. Though if the State Government wishes it could it could get the complaint registered under economic offence and the accused could be arrested, he added.
He requested the PS GAD to take action on the report of Chhindwara collector, register case against Tiwari and arrest him.