By Avinash Prabhakar New Delhi, Aug 31 : Delhi Lt Governor V.K.Saxena has taken the decision to pursue severe legal action against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders who accused Saxena with misconduct during his time as chairman of Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
According to an LG office sources the action is aimed at AAP leaders who are Saurabh Bhardwaj Atishi, Durgesh Pathak and Jasmine Shah among others for false and defamatory accusations of corruption and attributed to his tenure as KVIC Chairman.
The AAP’s members of AAP have recently stated they believe that LG was implicated in fraud when demonetization was taking place in the year 2016 and have requested an CBI investigation.The source also said that the CBI has already conducted an investigation into the case at direction of KVIC and has submitted the charge sheet.
The persons who are the source of the statements of those who claim these allegations are being made against the LG are the two persons who have been identified as being involved in corrupt practices at KVIC following demonetization by CBI the source claimed.
He added that AAP uses corrupt people to distract attention away from their petty misdeeds which include massive corruption in liquor, education and PWD which amounts to thousands of millions.The LG has taken a serious look of these flagrantly false, defamatory, and obviously diversionary accusations of these AAP officials and taken legal action against them to ensure that the AAP doesn’t be able to get away with its signature shoot and scoot, according to the source.
What’s the problem?
Following the Centre demonetized currency notes of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 on November 8 on the 8th of November, 2016.KVIC issued an announcement on November 9th, 2016 declaring that the “old currency notes of the denomination of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 will not be accepted by any retail establishments and outlets with immediate beginning.”
Then, it came to be discovered that certain notes demonetized were placed in the accounts of Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan (KGB), New Delhi, on various dates.The matter was reported to the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of KVIC for investigation and action.The CBI was also informed and, on the basis of this information the two agencies conducted a joint surprise inspection was conducted by the KVIC on April 6, 2017.
According to a source, after an initial investigation and a preliminary investigation, the CVO recommended the suspension and transfer of four officials namely AK Garg, Manager, Ajay Gupta Sales In-Charge, Sanjeev Malik Salesman III (Head Cashier), Pradeep Yadav, LDC (Head Cashier) on April 17th on 17 April 2017.All four personnel were suspended and transferred to various locations.
The CVO, in its report it stated that from the period from November 10 through December 31 the year 2016, a total sum of Rs 22,17,000 was transferred in the KGB bank account in Delhi in which 2140 notes were of Rs 500 denomination.1147 notes were of the denomination of Rs 1000.
The KVIC on May 29, 2017, provided information to the CBI about the preliminary investigation conducted by the CVO and the action that was taken against the four officials.
However, the agency investigating discovered the involvement of just two people Sanjeev Malik and Pradeep Yadav in depositing the demonetized currency notes and filed an FIR July 10 2017 in their favour.
The CBI discovered that just Rs 177,000 had been deposited in the form of demonetized currency notes in the KGB’s account of KGB, New Delhi instead of Rs 22,17,000 as was reported by CVO in its inquiry.
However the CBI concluded that , out of the total cash deposits of 227,000 rupees in the denomination of Rs 1000 and Rs 500, an overall of Rs 5,10,000 of 510,000 rupees was considered legal tender but it was not in the form of demonetized currency notes.Thus the sum was reduced to 17,07,000.
The CBI has already filed a charge sheet against two defendants, Sanjeev Malik and Pradeep Yadav.
The matter is currently pending in the Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi, the source said.
The source also said that the issue is being deceitfully promoted by the AAP is with only Rs 17.07 lakh, as opposed to claims of 1400 crore, which is nothing more than an imagining and they will be facing the consequences.
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