The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday questioned Lt Governor (LG) V K Saxena why an officer previously “suspended” for allegedly taking bribe was appointed as administrator of Asha Kiran shelter home where 14 inmates died in July.
At a Press conference, senior AAP leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that administrator of the shelter home Rahul Agarwal was arrested by the CBI in 2016 for taking “bribe” and remained suspended for five years.
“I want to know on what ground the LG appointed Rahul Agarwal as administrator of the shelter home where various irregularities and shortcomings have been reported after extraordinarily large number of deaths of intellectually changed persons,” he said.
He also asked the LG why no action was taken so far against the shelter home administrator and the social welfare department secretary in the matter.
The AAP leader said the power of transfer and posting of officers was welded by the LG through the Services department and the responsibility lies with him.
He also claimed that no action was taken against any officer of MCD or DDA in other cases of deaths in Old Rajinder Nagar and East Delhi. He further questioned why no action was taken against the chief secretary for not furnishing report of third party audit of desilting of drains.
AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak, while addressing a press conference, said there cannot be a bigger blot for any society than this.
“We got information around two to three days ago that 14 people have died there because they were not given proper water, food, and medical facilities,” he alleged.