Patna: An FIR has been registered by the
Bihar Vigilance Bureau against a senior IAS officer and former
commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation K Senthil Kumar
and 13 others for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 8.77 crore to
the civic body, official sources said today.
The FIR registered at Vigilance police station here last
evening alleged that Senthil, now director of Census
Operations, worked with the land and building mafia for
personal benefit.
Sanction for altogether 130 buildings was given during
his tenure by allegedly compromising on safety norms and basic
amenities.
He and other officials have also been charged with
corruption in purchase of two-way communication sets, street
lights, pumps for solid waste managements, spending more on
bio-metric cards and awarding work contracts to an
infrastructure company in violation of norms, the sources
said.
PTI
