CBI HELD PRESS CONFERENCE IN MUMBAI ABOUT THE TWO CRORES LAND DESIGNATION TRANSFER SCAM BY CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL MAHARASHTRA & GOA
THE CHARGES ARE THAT THE CHIEF PMG DEMANDED TWO CRORES OF RUPEES FOR CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF PLOT OF LAND RESERVED FOR INDIA POST TO A SOUTH MUMBAI HOTEL
IN ADDITION TO THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, TWO MORE PERSONS 'DALMIAS' INVOLVED IN THE DEAL ARE REPORTEDLY ARRESTED - CHIEF PMG WAS ARRESTED WHILE A BAG CONTAINING CASH FOR Rs.1,25,00,000 [One crore twnenty five lakhs] WAS KEPT IN HIS CAR
CHIEF PMG HOUSE WAS ALSO RAIDED BY CBI - 35,00,000 LIQUID CASH - 3400 EURO DOLLARS - 10,700 US DOLLARS & SOME MORE CURRENCY OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES - 22 BANK ACCOUNTS - 24 LAKHS WORTH PPF ACCOUNTS WERE REPORTEDLY FOUND IN HIS HOUSE AND FREEZED BY CBI.
CHIEF PMG MAHARASHTRA WHO WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN BEFORE MAGISTRATE IS A SHAME TO THE IMAGE OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT - EVEN THE P3 CHQ HAD ALREADY COMPLAINED TO THE SECRETARY [P] ABOUT THE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH LAPTOPS WERE PURCHASED BUT DISAPPEARED IN MAHARASHTRA CIRCLE - NO ACTION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY THE DIRECTORATE YET.
THIS TYPE OF HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION IS THE PRODUCT OF COMMERCIALISM AND CORPORATE POLICIES UNLEASHED BY INDIA POST INCLUDING PRIVATISATION OF POSTAL FUNCTIONS AND HAND SHAKE WITH PRIVATE PARTIES - EVEN THE PROPOSED POSTAL LAND UTILISATION MIGHT LEAD TO LARGE SCALE CORRUPTION - DEPARTMENT SHOULD STOP ALL ITS UNILATERAL ACTIVITIES FOR PRIVATISATION, OUTSOURCING ETC IMMEDIATELY LEADING CLOSER INTERACTION WITH THE PRIVATE PARTIES AND CONSEQUENT CORRUPTION AT HIGH PLACES.
THE CHARGES ARE THAT THE CHIEF PMG DEMANDED TWO CRORES OF RUPEES FOR CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF PLOT OF LAND RESERVED FOR INDIA POST TO A SOUTH MUMBAI HOTEL
IN ADDITION TO THE CHIEF POSTMASTER GENERAL, TWO MORE PERSONS 'DALMIAS' INVOLVED IN THE DEAL ARE REPORTEDLY ARRESTED - CHIEF PMG WAS ARRESTED WHILE A BAG CONTAINING CASH FOR Rs.1,25,00,000 [One crore twnenty five lakhs] WAS KEPT IN HIS CAR
CHIEF PMG HOUSE WAS ALSO RAIDED BY CBI - 35,00,000 LIQUID CASH - 3400 EURO DOLLARS - 10,700 US DOLLARS & SOME MORE CURRENCY OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES - 22 BANK ACCOUNTS - 24 LAKHS WORTH PPF ACCOUNTS WERE REPORTEDLY FOUND IN HIS HOUSE AND FREEZED BY CBI.
CHIEF PMG MAHARASHTRA WHO WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN BEFORE MAGISTRATE IS A SHAME TO THE IMAGE OF THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT - EVEN THE P3 CHQ HAD ALREADY COMPLAINED TO THE SECRETARY [P] ABOUT THE SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH LAPTOPS WERE PURCHASED BUT DISAPPEARED IN MAHARASHTRA CIRCLE - NO ACTION SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY THE DIRECTORATE YET.
THIS TYPE OF HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION IS THE PRODUCT OF COMMERCIALISM AND CORPORATE POLICIES UNLEASHED BY INDIA POST INCLUDING PRIVATISATION OF POSTAL FUNCTIONS AND HAND SHAKE WITH PRIVATE PARTIES - EVEN THE PROPOSED POSTAL LAND UTILISATION MIGHT LEAD TO LARGE SCALE CORRUPTION - DEPARTMENT SHOULD STOP ALL ITS UNILATERAL ACTIVITIES FOR PRIVATISATION, OUTSOURCING ETC IMMEDIATELY LEADING CLOSER INTERACTION WITH THE PRIVATE PARTIES AND CONSEQUENT CORRUPTION AT HIGH PLACES.
