Case registered against five people including ITBP Commandant in soldiers’ ration scam
CBI has registered a case against the then Commandant posted at ITBP Seemaadwar (Dehradun), two Inspectors and three big businessmen on charges of corruption worth lakhs of rupees. The accused are accused of a scam of about Rs 70 lakh in the supply of provisions, meat, fish, eggs, milk and fruits to the soldiers from 2017 to 2019. He committed this scam by cutting and overwriting the bills. After the permission of the Home Ministry, CBI has registered a case and started investigation. Even before this, CBI has given charge sheet against the accused Commandant, Inspector and others in the case registered for scam in the supply of kerosene at the international border in Chamoli. The accused commandant is said to be currently posted in Bihar.
In the complaint given to CBI, Commandant 23 Battalion ITBP Piyush Pushkar said that during his posting in Dehradun, Commandant Ashok Kumar Gupta, between 2017 and 2019, the then SI GD Sudhir Kumar and Anusuya Prasad colluded with private traders and made large-scale embezzlement in government procurement. But committed financial irregularities. ITBP suffered a financial loss of Rs 70,56,787 by presenting inflated bills for the supply of ration, mutton, chicken, fish, eggs, cheese, milk, fruits etc. to the soldiers, making changes in official records and falsifying the bills. . After the revelations in the internal investigation in this case, IG Northern Frontier Border, Dehradun sought permission from the Home Ministry for the case.
The Home Ministry gave permission for trial in this case. After this, current Commandant Piyush Pushkar filed a complaint with CBI. While registering the case, SP Satish Kumar Rathi of CBI Dehradun branch has handed over the detailed investigation of the entire case to Inspector Sharad Chand Gusai. Here, the filing of the second corruption case against the Commandant has created a stir among other officers, soldiers and businessmen who supply to the corps posted during his tenure.
Did this scam
Chicken and fish are given to the soldiers by ITBP. But the accused made bills of mutton. The quantity shown was much more than what is actually issued. For this, cutting and overwriting was done in the documents. 96 kg fish was overwritten to 126 kg. 97 kg was reduced to 127 kg.
Case filed against them
Case against Ashok Kumar Gupta Commandant, Sudhir Kumar SI, Anusuya Prasad ASI, Narendra Ahuja, Ahuja Traders 141 Rajpur Road, Vinay Kumar Haridwar Road, Naveen Kumar Kaulagarh Road Dehradun and unknown public servant and private person under various sections of Corruption Act and IPC. Has been registered.
Big scam in oil supply at the border
Last month, CBI has also filed a case against accused Commandant Ashok Kumar Gupta in the case of a big scam in the supply of kerosene at the International Border Post of Chamoli district and submitted a charge sheet in the court. In this case also, the accused Commandant, Inspector Sudhir Kumar and the supplying traders had shown fake supplies. The charge sheet given in the court by CBI Inspector Sunil Kumar Lakheda, who investigated this case. In that, the accused Commandant and his gang embezzled lakhs of rupees in oil supply. Whereas this supply did not reach the border post. The money was diverted only by manipulating the bills.
