Himachal Pradesh: A superb rip-off has emerged from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. The pinnacle of a village within the Karsog building block of the district has been suspended on fees of alleged embezzlement of presidency finances. He has been accused that he handed the invoice through appearing a bulldozer to a scooter for pretend development paintings. District Panchayat Officer Annic Dogra has issued an order ordering Mala Mehta, the top of Thakurthana Panchayat, to be suspended with rapid impact on fees of misuse of presidency finances.
In keeping with the order, a display motive realize used to be issued to the accused on June 20, 2025 to provide his case at the allegations, however his answer used to be no longer discovered adequate, and then he used to be suspended. The Pradhan is suspended below Phase 145 (1) (C) and Panchayati Raj (Normal) Rule, 1997 of Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (amended).
Scooty’s quantity used to be instructed as a substitute of bulldozers
BDO Surendra Kumar of Karsog mentioned that the suspended Pradhan rigged the street development expenses. He used the registration selection of a scooty (HP31C 6806) as a bulldozer quantity to extend the expenses. This is, he attempted to fill the federal government finances in his bag in a faux manner through the use of scooty’s nampar with out making paintings with out bulldozers. In keeping with social activist Panna Lal Thakur, Scooty of this quantity belongs to an individual from Sundar Nagar.
RTI published fraud
This alleged embezzlement of the fund used to be published in an RTI utility filed through Panna Lal Thakur, a resident and social employee of Thakurthana Panchayat. Thakur mentioned that many roads that have been constructed 10 to fifteen years in the past had been proven on paper in recent times. Thakur mentioned, ‘Aside from this, there were irregularities in cremation ghats, group constructions, roads paintings and govt cash used to be misused through presenting pretend expenses’. Thakur knowledgeable that about 700 paintings hours of bulldozer had been launched in highway development paintings. He mentioned that he would quickly move to the Top Courtroom for an intensive investigation of this alleged rip-off.
There may be rigging within the development of bogs and playgrounds
Lal Thakur additional said that below the Swachh Bharat Project, a value of Rs 3 lakh in keeping with bogs used to be licensed for the development of 10 public bogs in a building block, however pretend expenses of outdated bogs have been offered to embezzle cash. In a similar way, an quantity of Rs 5-5 lakh used to be sanctioned for 2 cremation ghats of the panchayat, Cheemuseri and hollow, however their development paintings used to be additionally no longer finished.
Thakur additionally alleged {that a} pretend invoice of 1000 hours of bulldozer has been offered to embezzlement cash within the identify of development of Sumakothi Senior Secondary Faculty playground, however no paintings used to be finished at the floor. He wondered, ‘This floor is 25 years outdated. The land of the playground is neither registered within the identify of the varsity nor the NOC of the varsity most important has been taken for its development. Then how used to be the system proven 1000 hours of labor?