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An avalanche of scams hits Delhi government after official blows whistle

The move came after DNA reported how several cases involving Delhi government officials were being hushed up.

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As investigations into a maze of corruption cases under the Delhi government's nose remain pending, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked his deputy Manish Sisodia on Wednesday to look into evidence presented by a whistle-blower. The move came after DNA reported how several cases involving Delhi government officials were being hushed up.

These include 49 cases referred by the Central Vigilance Commission to the Delhi government but no action has been taken, whistle-blower Avinash Kumar has revealed.

Kumar also alleged that five Chief Secretaries sat on complaints as they were bribed by those facing serious allegations. He is head of the department, medicine, at a Delhi government hospital.

He has sent a complaint with documents, to support his claims, to the President of India, the Prime Minister's Office, the Central Vigilance Commission and the Central Bureau of Investigation, against the five Chief Secretaries.
The documents show that most complaints were from the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department.

Kejriwal wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that he has directed Sisodia and the minster (vigilance) to meet the complainant and get all the evidence.

Following this, the H&FW Department of the Delhi government released a document revealing 106 corrupt doctors and the cases pending against them before the Central Vigilance Commission. The document shared the details of the doctors and some ex-cadre officers of the department, who were involved in corruption.

However, a similar document was released in December 2017, revealing the vigilance status of doctors of the H&FW Department, and a few of the names from the list are missing.

"If one looks at the document, most of these corrupt officials have cases against them regarding procurement of medical equipment at exorbitant rates, favoring a particular private company to give tenders or other financial irregularities. This clearly depicts how public health departments are being run in the country, and to top it all, these corrupt officials have seniors sitting above them to protect them," said Kumar.

Kumar says, recently, all complaints against corrupt officials in various departments were either dumped in the files without any action or are 'intentionally' forwarded to the same person for inquiry against whom the complaint was filed.

When DNA reached out to three of these five chief secretaries, they refused to comment on the allegations and said that they needed to see the evidence first.

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