The officials of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Delhi conducted raid at the head office of Delhi Nagarik Sehkari Bank at Karol Bagh in the wake of financial irregularities of the then board members that led to scam of more than 100 crore on Monday.
Sources say that the four members of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) went to the head office of Delhi Nagarik Sehkari Bank on the instruction of lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal Monday morning. They collected several files and documents and stayed till 6:00 in the evening.
Earlier, Anti-Corruption Bureau also visited Registrar of Cooperative Society office to collect files relating to Delhi Nagrik Sehkari Bank.
The key allegations being probed pertain to illegal appointments of 40 staff members and 62 promotions in 2012, issuing of loans against “fictitious ITRs”, and forged documents.
The move comes after a series of allegations and counter-allegations, with Delhi Chief Secretary Kutty approaching the Delhi High Court and telling the bench that Kutty was “caught between devil and the deep sea”.
Earlier Kutty had been instructed by the Delhi Assembly committee to put on record its displeasure over an officer allegedly not cooperating with the probe.
Kutty told the bench that he could not enter remarks into the Annual Confidential Report of an IAS officer without the L-G’s signature. The bench told Kutty to appear before the committee, assuring him of ‘protection’.
According to the inquiry report of RCS the Lajpat Nagar branch of the bank had the highest non-performing assets (NPAs) and the “maximum number of loan cases sanctioned on the basis of fake document. The then Chairman of the Bank Jai Bhagwan was the in-charge of the Lajpat Nagar branch and had a “direct role in mismanaging its branch”, sources add.
