SCAM/CORRUPTION – 2010 - Indian Social Institute

Manmohan Singh to probe the alleged corruption, the Comptroller and Auditor General, Central Vigilance
Commission, Income Tax Department, Enforcement Directorate and the CBI are also probing OC
officials. In another development, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has found discrepancies in
tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore. (TOI, 20/10/2010)
GoM for separate law to curb corruption in pvt sector
NEW DELHI: In its first meeting, the Group of Ministers (GoM) on ratification of United Nations
Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) has reached a consensus on having a separate law to curb
corruption in the private sector. The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has been asked to
prepare a draft standalone legislation based on similar laws prepared by countries that have ratified
UNCAC. DoPT will be placing laws of other countries that provide for prevention of corruption in private
sector. UNCAC was adopted by the UN General Assembly in October, 2003, and was signed by India in
December, 2005. However, India is yet to ratify UNCAC. The GoM felt that though the existing Prevention
of Corruption Act covers corruption involving private sector and government officials, it does not extend to
two private parties. According to the GoM, there is no other law in the country that covers corruption in
the private sector. Earlier, a joint working group had said India's domestic legislation does not conform to
the requirements of Article 16 and 12 of UNCAC. While there was a view in the GoM that the Act can be
amended to make it in tune with the requirements of UNCAC, eventually it was decided that a separate
law should be formulated. Article 16 of UNCAC requires the states to have necessary laws to cover
bribery of foreign public officials and officials of public international organisations. Article 12 of UNCAC
also states that each country shall take measures to prevent corruption in the private sector, enhance
their accounting and auditing standards and provide effective, proportionate and dissuasive civil,
administrative or criminal penalties for failure to comply with such measures. The GoM is headed by
home minister P Chidambaram, and consists of law minister Veerappa Moily, HRD minister Kapil Sibal
and minister of state for science & technology Prithviraj Chavan. (TOI, 20/10/2010)
29-yr-old man stabbed to death, bobbitised
In a bizarre incident, a 29-year-old man was stabbed to death and his private parts were dismembered in
Rajouri Garden area. This is the second case to be reported in the area in which a person has been killed
and his private parts dismembered. The police are under pressure to nab the person involved as soon as
possible. The police suspect it could be the handiwork of psycho. A police official said that they received
a call that an unidentified body had been found in Rajouri Garden area. Acting on the information a team
reached at the spot to conduct investigations. "We were shocked to find the private parts of the deceased
identified as Maan Singh as dismembered. He was brutally murdered," said a police official. (Pioneer,
21/10/2010)
CVC zeroes in on Kalmadi aide, spending by OC
NEW DELHI: The dragnet seems to be closing in on close aides of Suresh Kalmadi. The Central
Vigilance Commission has launched a probe into the expenditure on overlays by the Organising
Committee, as well as allegations of misuse of office by R K Sacheti, a close aide of the OC chief. The
vigilance body, which has 16 investigations currently on against Games-related projects, has sought the
sports ministry's response to the allegations against Sacheti who as joint director general of OC, handled
crucial issues of ticketing, accreditation and management of venues. This has been revealed in response
to an RTI query filed by information rights activist S C Agrawal. CVC has also sought details of the money
OC spent on 3D Shera and installation of network equipment from the ministries of sports and commerce.
The vigilance body's investigation into expenditure on overlays — the provocation for I-T raids on
Tuesday — confirms the probe bodies are now fully focused on the OC. The CVC had so far been
concerned with infrastructure projects handled by various government agencies. Sacheti has long been
associated with Kalmadi, having worked with the Pune MP when he was minister of state for railways in
the P V Narasimha Rao government. The handling of ticketing and accreditation has attracted criticism
from various quarters. Besides Sacheti, CVC has also been probing another senior member of Team
Kalmadi — Vijay Kumar Gautam, former Chief Operating Officer of Organizing Committee. Contracts for
overlays accounted for almost Rs 700 crore of Organizing Committee's budget of Rs 1,800 crore, and
have generated allegations of acquisition of sub-standard fixtures at inflated prices. In political circles, the
vigour shown by probe agencies is seen as evidence of Kalmadi's depleted stock with government
leadership. His defiance of the "gag order" on Tuesday when he attacked Delhi chief minister Sheila
Dikshit has not helped. Irregularities have been alleged in supply and installation of network equipment.
There are charges of discrepancies in expenditure on remodelling and upgradation of Major Dhyan
Chand National Stadium, particularly installation of LED scoreboards. Being in charge of management of
venues, the matter came under Sacheti's purview. The CVC, which was acting on basis of complaints