Business
Standard: Mumbai: Sunday,
July 05, 2015.
Over Rs 8
lakh has been deposited in the coffers of the Railway through recovery against
illegal rent out of a railway ground in suburban Mumbai here between 2010 and
2014, an RTI query revealed.
According to
the findings in response to an RTI query filed by activist Samir Zaveri
recently, he said Rs 8.40 lakh was generated against illegal renting out of the
railway ground in Mulund, done by Railway Protection Force (RPF) for holding
functions to private parties from 2010 to 2014.
"However,
corrupt officers did not deposit the money in Railway treasury, which was later
revealed in the RTI response," he claimed.
Zaveri said
it was through the prompt action of Railway minister Suresh Prabhu which resulted
in the swift recovery of the sum after the former had sent an email, attaching
the RTI information, to the minister's office.
"After
receiving my email, on the same day it was forwarded to the Executive Director,
Railway Board and it was directed to the officer to conduct an inquiry,"
he said.
In order to
get the status of request made to the railway minister regarding the matter,
Zaveri later filed a separate RTI with the Central Railway (CR).
In response
to his query, Chief Officer Superintendent, RPF, Mumbai replied that a balance
amount of Rs 8,40,169.16 is lying in the Central Railway Sports and Welfare
fund and has been remitted with the chief cashier, CR, under the head Misc
earnings.
Meanwhile, a
preliminary inquiry was conducted into the matter and as approved by the
competent authority, the file has now been sent to the Vigilance department for
investigation regarding any alleged misuse/irregular use of CR RPF Sports and
Welfare fund.
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