Vigilance Starts Investigation In Case Of Cash Recovered From DFO
Reported & Written By Kumud Sharma, Diary Times, Bilaspur, March 20: Vigilance Bureau will investigate the case of cash recovered from Bilaspur DFO. Himachal Pradesh government has given permission for investigation. During the code of conduct for the assembly elections in the year 2022, on October 22, cash worth Rs 1 lakh seven thousand was recovered from the vehicle of the then DFO Bilaspur. The agency was waiting for permission to investigate for about one and a half years. Now the Himachal Pradesh Government has given permission under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.
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Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 states that no public servant can be interrogated or investigated by any investigating agency or police officer in case of any alleged offense committed by him without the prior permission of the government concerned. This is the reason why this investigation could not proceed for one and a half years due to lack of permission. Now this investigation will be taken forward. Where was the then DFO Bilaspur taking the recovered amount? From which account it was withdrawn. The investigating agency will collect all its evidence.
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Let us tell you that the team of Himachal Pradesh State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau had recovered cash from the vehicle of the then DFO Bilaspur on October 22, 2022. The Vigilance team formed a team under the leadership of the then ASP Yogesh Rolta and set up a blockade near Lakhanpur and searched the officer vehicle. This amount was recovered during the search. During that time the officers on the spot could not give any satisfactory answer to the vigilance team regarding this cash. Vigilance had seized the amount on this.
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