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- The Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing has filed a 6,000-page chargesheet against eight former Kanker panchayat officials over an alleged financial irregularity of about ₹1.69 crore in procurement under the MGNREGA rural employment scheme.
- The chargesheet, filed on July 27 before a special judge in Kanker, alleges that materials like flex boards, employment registers and manuals were procured during 2006-07 and 2007-08 without following prescribed tendering and purchase procedures.
- Investigators say the then Zila Panchayat CEO adopted a centralised procurement system despite rules authorising Janpad and Gram Panchayats to buy materials independently, and that the officials acted in connivance and abused their positions, causing a loss of ₹1,69,14,247 to the government.
- The case matters because it concerns alleged misuse of funds under a flagship rural employment programme.
What to watch next
- Court proceedings before the special judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) in Kanker following the chargesheet
- Whether further officials or Janpad Panchayats are named as the probe continues
- Any recovery of the alleged ₹1.69 crore loss to the government
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Named India · Antagarh Janpad Panchayat · Bhanupratappur Janpad Panchayat · Charama Janpad Panchayat · Chhattisgarh · Durgkondal Janpad Panchayat · Kanker Janpad Panchayat · Kanker Zila Panchayat · Koylibeda Janpad Panchayat · Narharpur Janpad Panchayat · Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing · Ritesh Mishra
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