Rural Works Department Secretary MR Meena, on the directions of Minister Neelkanth Singh Munda, informed that an order to lodge FIR against the four engineers and another staff of the department at the local Police Station has been issued to the Chief Engineer of the Rural Department of Ranchi Special Area. The FIR will be lodged against them for not discharging their duties properly, misappropriation of government funds as well as swindling of money.
The people against whom the action was being taken includes the then Executive Engineer Ramjeet Rai, Assistant Engineer Anil Kumar Sahay, Junior Engineer Satyaranjan Prasad, the then Junior Engineer Mahendra Prasad Singh and a staff of National Project Construction Corporation limited.
According to Meena, charges will be framed against them for misappropriation of funds for the foundation base during the construction of the bridge built over the Nunbil River on Shikarpur-Sugga Pahari Road due to which the bridge got damaged in the year 2012 built in the year 2006. The issue was probed through a departmental inquiry where these five people were found to be guilty for the same. The state government taking the matter seriously has issued directions to take action against them.