Corruption is flourishing rapidly in Madhya Pradesh. The latest case is from the capital Bhopal. Here a female employee asked for a bribe of Rs 1.50 crore to get a contract of Rs 60 crore in the AYUSH department from a company. After not getting the contract, even when the company asked for the bribe amount to be returned, the female employee refused to return it. In this way the matter reached the police.
By Arvind Dubey
Published Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:49:29 PM (IST)
Updated Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:52:35 PM (IST)
HighLights
- Tender for recruitment of 3500 outsourced employees in AYUSH department
- The tender was issued one and a half year ago, later the department canceled it.
- The company giving bribe had already taken the help of the female employee.
Naiduniya, Bhopal. An example of corruption in the tender process going on in the government departments of Madhya Pradesh has come to light in the capital Bhopal. Here, a company related to human resource supply gave a bribe of Rs 1.25 crore to a female employee working there in the AYUSH department to get a tender worth Rs 60 crore.
When the company did not get the work, he asked for the money back. When the female employee refused to give it, the director of the company that gave the bribe lodged a complaint against the woman in the police station. Now an FIR has been registered against the female employee in Bilkhiriya police station under sections of fraud.
Dharamveer Singh Sengar of Gwalior lodged a complaint
- Bilkhiriya police station in-charge Umesh Singh said that Dharamveer Singh Sengar, originally from Gwalior, currently lives in Bilkhiriya area. He is the director of Sengar Security Services Company.
- Dharamveer told that in 2023, a tender worth Rs 60 crore was floated for the recruitment of three and a half thousand outsourced employees in the AYUSH department. Then Pragati Srivastava, working in the department, talked about getting a tender for Rs 1.25 crore.
- He had given assurance of allotment of tender to the company by giving high reach in the department. After filling the tender, Dharamveer deposited Rs 15 lakh in Pragati’s bank account on August 14.
- After this, Pragati asked for the remaining amount for further action to get the tender. On October 11, Dharamveer gave Rs 1 crore 10 lakh in cash to Pragati in front of his two friends Vinod and Vipin Pokhriyal.
- A total of 11 companies had participated in the tender, but after going through the technical process, the department had selected four companies. This tender was canceled by the department in January 2024.
- After this, when Dharamveer asked Pragati for his money back, she flatly refused to return it. Later, when Dharamveer put pressure on her, she started hedging, but did not return the amount.
- It is being told that the company operator had given his complaint two months ago. After preliminary investigation, the police have now registered a case under the fraud section. Now the political connections of the woman are being explored.
Pragati has recovered the company’s pending amount by taking commission
Dharamveer told that earlier his work was going on in Mandla Government Hospital. In January 2023, the department had canceled the tender due to some reason, due to which their payment got stuck.
Then company manager Mahendra Aggarwal came in contact with Pragati Srivastava working in the department. During that time, Pragati had taken three lakh rupees and got the stuck amount returned, after which we had contacted Pragati for the tender.
She herself is an outsourced employee, has strong political links.
Experts of AYUSH department say that Pragati Srivastava has been working on outsourced basis in AYUSH department for about nine years. Lives in Bagmugalia area. Pragati’s husband Chandraprakash Srivastava is a contractor.
It is said that Pragati has strong political connections. Many local leaders often visit his house, due to which he interferes in the tender process.
