It is alleged that these people take the ATM cards of the temporary employees of the corporation and then give them a little money in the name of salary.
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested the Assistant Cleaning Inspector of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and a temporary employee for taking bribe. Also, the name of a sanitary inspector has also been included in the FIR. It is alleged that these people take the ATM cards of the temporary employees of the corporation and then give them a little money in the name of salary.
Apart from this, they also ask for bribe in respect of the money that comes in the account. The arrested Sanitary Inspector, Ompal, has been sent by the CBI special court on 2-day CBI remand for questioning. CBI recovered Rs 38 lakh cash and other important documents during raids from these people
According to CBI spokesperson RC Joshi, a temporary employee posted in Old Rohtak Road Kishanganj Ward 81 of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi had given a complaint to the Anti-Corruption Branch of the CBI. It was said in the complaint that the complainant has been working as a temporary employee in ward number 81 of MCD City SP Zone since 1998. It is alleged that the officials of MCD Kishanganj Old Rohtak Road are demanding a bribe from him in lieu of salary.
The complainant stated in his complaint that his bank account was opened as a salary account by the MCD Kishanganj office at IDBI Bank Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi. His salary and other allowances are included in this account. It is alleged that for the last 6 months, the officials were not even keeping the complainant at work and were not paying any salary.
Meanwhile, Rs 8000 came as an arrear in the account of the complainant, then assistant cleaning inspector Ompal called him and demanded a bribe of Rs 8000. The complainant, in his complaint, alleged that MCD officials keep his ATM with him and on coming salary, withdraw money and give a little money to the temporary employees.
The complainant also told that he had his ATM card, hence the officials were not taking on work and were threatening to spoil his office records as well. The complainant included in his complaint the name of an assistant sanitary inspector, a cleaning inspector.
According to CBI spokesperson RC Joshi, when the officials of the Anti-Corruption Branch took the complainant’s complaint on initial investigation, during that time there was a phone conversation between Ompal and the complainant. In which the complainant asked to take 4000 rupees instead of 8000 rupees. The deal was decided between the two at 4000. Ompal called him with money.
On the basis of the complaint, the CBI laid a trap and arrested Assistant Sanitary Inspector Ompal and Jitendra, a temporary employee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, while taking a bribe. Both of them were produced before the special CBI court, from where the court sent Ompal on CBI remand for 2 days for questioning while Jitendra, a temporary employee, has been sent to jail in judicial custody.
Investigation is also being done against another sanitary inspector in this case. According to the CBI, when the houses of the accused were raided in this case, about Rs 38 lakh cash and other important documents were recovered from their possession, according to the CBI, the role of the sanitary inspector whose name has come up is also being investigated.