CVC closed graft cases in AIIMS, claims whistleblower Chaturvedi
The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) closed cases of corruption involving senior functionaries in Delhi’s AIIMS, whistleblower IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi has claimed.
Chaturvedi, seeking a probe against central vigilance commissioner KV Chowdary, recently sent documents, running into almost 1,000 pages, in support of his claim to the president’s office.
The winner of the Ramon Magsaysay award for exposing corruption in public office has shared the details of seven cases with the president’s secretariat. They include one on his alleged victimisation while he was chief vigilance officer (CVO) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Chaturvedi served as CVO, acting as the distant arm of CVC to check corruption, at AIIMS from July 2012 to August 2014.
He brought various corruption cases to the notice of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) during his tenure. The central probe agency after a detailed probe recommended departmental action in four cases, naming officers and senior faculty members, which were closed by the CVC, reveal documents accessed by Chaturvedi through RTI.
According to the vigilance manual, cases of corruption with a criminal angle are first sent to the CBI by the CVO of the organisation. The cases of departmental action are acted upon on the basis of the CVC’s direction.
The probity watchdog said in its response that the report was examined in each case and taken to its logical conclusion at the appropriate level. “Such reports are confidential documents and at the time of tendering advice by the Commission, due note is taken of the views of the appropriate authority,” the CVC said.
Since each case involves other officers, it is not considered appropriate to furnish the details, keeping in view privacy rights and confidentiality of the reports of the various investigating agencies, it said.
Chaturvedi has enclosed a set of documents, accessed through RTI applications on all these corruption cases, with the complaint to the president’s secretariat.
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