Will CVC initiate enquiry against Managing Director of Indraprastha Gas Limited ?
A whistleblower has complained of mass corruption within the IGL and has made serious allegations against IGL MD AK Jana
Indraprastha Gas Limited is under the eye of storm again. This time around, a whistle blower has, in a four-page letter to the Central Vigilance Commission, made quite serious allegations of corruption against the Managing DIrector of Indraprastha Gas Limited, AK Jana.
As a responsible news platform, www.bharatvigilante.com tried its level best to reach out to Mr. Jana for his side of the story but one email followed by a reminder did not yield any response from him.
The complaint states that as GAIL (India) is a main stakeholder in IGL, the Chief VIgilance Officer of GAIL should step in and initiate an enquiry into these allegations of serious nature. Some salient points of the complaint are given below : –
a) The complaint says that in the past one year, ever since Mr. Jana took over as the Managing Director of IGL, he cancelled big tenders related to Security, Compressors, Booster Maintenance, Dispenser etc with ulterior motives to the tune of Rs 300 to 500 crores.
b) Senior most tender committee member who did not sign the wrong report of tender to support Jana, were transferred as a punishment and if is alleged that Mr. Jana even cancelled the committee of compressor tender (ref IGL/ET2/CP/EC15660).
c) Senior most fire and safety official highlighted lower safety in compressor equipment in the retender done by Mr. Jana and the latter threatened him and made him write an email. It is further alleged that he initiated a fictitious case against this officer.
d) Senior officers made complaints of poor supply and short supply in a compressor tender in 2020 by a vendor which led to a loss of Rs 5 to 7 crores to IGL and the amount had to be recovered from the vendor. It is alleged that Mr. Jana, instead, transferred all officers who tried to exposed him in this matter.
e) The complaint further alleges that he cancelled the DODO/CODO award letters of businessmen who did not oblige his demands and these persons have now approached the court of law to seek justice.
The list of similar complaints is long and the whistleblower’s complaint has been forwarded by the CVC to CVO of GAIL for further investigation. The complainant has prayed that as IGL is headed by the Managing Director of GAIL (India) Limited, who is a public servant and comes under the purview of the CVO of GAIL (India) Limited, he should conduct a free and fair investigation against the Managing Director of IGL, who holds the position of Executive Director of GAIL (India) Limited and has been nominated as Managing Director in IGL.
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