Haryana Govt orders FIR against Palwal's Khaika village sarpanch for Rs 1.8 cr fraud

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, April 14

The Haryana Government has ordered a first information report (FIR) to be lodged against Iqbal, the sarpanch of Khaika village in Palwal district, for allegedly embezzling Rs 1.84 crore.

Apart from this, orders have been given to take immediate action against the gram sachiv concerned in this regard.

This information was given by project director, Rakesh Gupta, of the Chief Minister’s Good Governance Associates (CMGGA) programme while conducting a meeting with additional deputy commissioners and other district officials concerned to review the progress of various schemes.

Reviewing a complaint regarding Charkhi-Dadri on CM-Windows, he said approval should be taken to register an FIR against former sarpanch of Bound-Kalan (Charkhi Dadri), Anita Devi and gram sachiv, Rambir, as financial loss to the panchayat fund, amounting to Rs 36 lakh, had been incurred during their tenure.

On the complaint received against the tehsildar in Jhajjar regarding registering various sale deeds in a prohibited area, he directed the officials to seek reports in the case.