Govt nod to probe against Cong leader

Govt nod to probe against Cong leader

FPJ BureauUpdated: Saturday, June 01, 2019, 05:11 AM IST
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After approving probe into graft charges against senior NCP leaders, the BJP-led govt now appears to have shifted its attention to allegations of graft against Congress leaders

Mumbai : The Home department, headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has asked the Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) to probe the role of former Congress Minister Harshwardhan Patil and Legislative Council member Amrish Patel in an alleged co-operative bank scam.

The file recommending an “open inquiry” into the matter has been forwarded to Chief Secretary Swadhin Kshatriya. After his approval, the proposal will be placed before Fadnavis for final clearance, a senior official from the department has said.

However, the senior bureaucrat declined to disclose if the file contains names of Harshwardhan Patil and others.

Within weeks after approving probe into graft charges against senior NCP leaders, the BJP-led government now appears to have shifted its attention to allegations of graft against the Congress leaders in the state.

The Chief Minister had earlier this month allowed ACB to launch probe into allegations of graft against former NCP ministers Ajit Pawar, Sunil Tatkare, and Chhagan Bhujbal.

Fadnavis had also

cleared proposals placed before him for open inquiries against senior civil servants.

The ACB had sought permission for an open inquiry in the alleged co-operative bank scam in September after its preliminary investigations found merit in allegations of corruption raised on the issue.

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