Ranchi, June 18: Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren today gave nod for probe by Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) against now suspended chief engineer in charge of road construction department, Ras Bihari Singh.
The decision was taken in the light of the complaint received against Ras Bihari Singh after it was found that the asset was 199 percent more than the income of the accused by the verifier of case No.-06/17, PE.
The chief minister approved on the proposal of notifying the no-objection to the Cabinet Secretariat and Monitoring Department (Monitoring), Jharkhand Ranchi
A complaint had been lodged against Ras Bihari Singh in 2017. It was alleged that his expenditure is 199 percent excess to the known source of his income. The ACB had sought permission to conduct an inquiry against him.
In January 2020 he was suspended by the government for the misuse of public money. He was accused of helping a construction company to get a contract worth Rs 51.62 core. It is alleged that an amount of Rs 7.65 Crore was paid to that company as the mobilization amount.
Notably, after Hemant Soren became the chief minister, he formed a committee to review tenders and contracts of the previous regime in some of the important departments of the state government.
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