Complaints of various nature are pending against 45 IAS officers in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh government today informed the Legislative Assembly here that complaints of various nature are pending against 45 IAS officers in the state as of November 17.

BJP MLA Devjibhai Patel,

In a written reply to a question raised by BJP MLA Devjibhai Patel, Chief Minister Raman Singh said that this included the cases registered with ACB/EOW against Joint Secretary, Jail and Transport, V K Dhurve and Under-Secretary, School Education, Ranveer Sharma.

Dhurve, when he was the Additional Collector of Surguja district, allegedly paid more than the prescribed rates for vehicles in a bid to favour the owners.

Ranveer Sharma, a 2012 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, as Sub-Divisional magistrate of Bhanupratappur (Kanker district), allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 40,000 from patwari (revenue officer) Sudhir Lakra after threatening to take action against the latter based on reports of forgery published in local newspapers. The sleuths of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) had trapped Sharma in August while taking bribe from ‘patwari’ (revenue officer) Sudhir Lakra at his office in Bhanupratappur. He was then shifted as Under Secretary Mantralaya at Naya Raipur.

Complaints were also pending against Alex Paul Menon (Balrampur Collector), Amit Katariya (Bastar Collector) and Bheem Singh (Dhamtari Collector) for alleged misuse of power to favour the family members and relatives.

Bastar collector was warned for wearing sunglasses
 while receiving PM Modi

Chhattisgarh government had earlier issued a notice to Bastar district collector Amit Kataria for wearing sunglasses and not wearing “proper clothes” while receiving Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Bastar visit on May 9

Menon is accused of appointing his wife as the Director of ATMA (Agriculture Technology and Management Agency) project in his district.

The complaint also says that Menon allegedly drew money in the name of an NGO managed by his wife for the supply of black bricks for construction of composite building, toilet, check-dam, anganwadi building, stop dam and skill development training, without any work actually being carried out.

Shri Bheem Singh, Distt.Collector -Dhamtari

Bheem Singh is accused of appointing his wife as a coordinator of Swachh Bharat Mission while Kataria is accused of misusing his power to secure a job as a pilot for his wife with Jindal Fly Safe Aviation Ltd when he was Raigarh Collector.