The ACB and EOW have registered an FIR against retired IAS Anil Tuteja, Alok Shukla, and former advocate general Satish Chandra Verma on charges of a major scam in the Civil Supplies Corporation. It is alleged that these officers misused their position and made irregularities in the distribution of ration and illegally obtained anticipatory bail in the High Court.
The Economic Offenses Investigation Bureau (EOW) and Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have registered offenses against retired IAS officers Anil Tuteja, Alok Shukla, and former advocate general Satish Chandra Verma. This FIR has been registered on the basis of WhatsApp chats of these three accused and the report of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the allegations of major financial scam in Civil Supplies Corporation (NAN).
The FIR lodged by Chandresh Singh Thakur, Additional Superintendent of Police, EOW, alleges that during the former Congress government, these officers committed large-scale irregularities in ration distribution and misused their position.
It has been said in the FIR that in the year 2019-20, anticipatory bail was obtained in a corrupt manner in the High Court, many evidences supporting which have been found by EOW. The investigation found that between 2019 and 2020, Dr. Alok Shukla and Anil Tuteja misused their position to provide undue benefit to Satish Chandra Verma in the performance of his duties improperly.
The criminals entered into a criminal conspiracy and altered documents and information in the State Economic Offenses Investigation Bureau, so as to prepare a favorable reply in the High Court in the NAN case registered against them. It is noteworthy that Anil Tuteja is also accused in the ED and ACB cases in the liquor scam.
pressure to change testimony
An attempt was also made to obtain anticipatory bail in ECIR/01/2019 registered by the ED. The accused pressurized witnesses to change their statements and influenced the documents. EOW has registered a case against the accused under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
This is the whole matter
There are allegations of irregularities in ration distribution in 13,301 ration shops during the tenure of former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. In the case of rice alone, a scam of Rs 600 crore has been claimed, while the total scam figure is said to be more than Rs 1000 crore. BJP alleges that Rs 10 lakh was collected from each ration shop in return for not doing stock verification. From the year 2019 to 2020, Dr. Alok Shukla and Anil Tuteja were serving as powerful officials who had direct interference in the functioning of the Congress government and transfers of officials.
