Patna: Patna High Court on Tuesday ordered a
probe by Bihar Vigilance Bureau into alleged misappropriation
of funds of over rupees hundreds of crores by officials who
served the Bihar State Rajya Transport Corporation (BSRTC)
between 1959 and 2006.
A division bench of Justice S K Katariar and Justice K K
Mandal asked the Additional Director General of Bihar
Vigilance Bureau Anil Sinha to ensure a thorough probe into
the allegations made in the PILs filed by the employees of the
Corporation.
"The probe report must be filed in sealed cover by March
26, 2010," the division bench directed Sinha.
The PILs were filed by several employees of the
Corporation in 2006 alleging that the officials who had served
the BSRTC under various capacities since 1959 had
"clandestinely looted the Corporation's funds worth hundreds
of crores of rupees", rendering the employees to go without
salary for the past several months.
"The loot of funds was further aggravated during the
period when over 600 buses were bought for the corporation,"
the PILs charged and pleaded for a vigilance inquiry.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 21:55