MGNREGA: CBI probe recommended in 2 murder case in Jharkhand

Role of state government under scanner

PTI | May 30, 2011



The Union Rural Development Ministry has recommended CBI probe into two separate cases of murder related to corruption and wage demands in MGNREGA in the BJP-ruled Jharkhand.

The ministry's two-member committee, comprising of Rural Development secretary B K Sinha and deputy secretary (MGNREGA) Rohit Kumar, has come down heavily on the role of the state administration in both the cases.

The two cases include the killing of Niyamat Ansari, a key aide of noted civil rights activist and a former member of Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) Jean Dreze.

Dreze had complained to the ministry that Ansari was murdered in a village in Latehar after he exposed a case of brazen embezzlement of MGNREGA funds in Rankikala gram panchayat.

 

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