Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 22: Pointing towards the dilly dally over the enquiry ordered by the Govt into the issuance of licenses for Katha Industries in violation of rules, NPP chairman Harsh Dev Singh accused the investigating agencies of connivance with the scamsters in a bid to cover up the scam.
Talking to media-persons Singh divulged that in view of multi- crore scam having surfaced in grant of licenses for such industries especially the outsiders, for felling of Khair-trees by Forest mafia in violation of stipulated procedures and for holding of surplus stock of Khair-wood by these industries, the Govt had constituted an enquiry committee to hold an in-depth probe into the said irregularities.
He said that vide Govt order No. 250-FST of 2018 dated 30-07-2018, the CCF Central was appointed as the head of the Enquiry Committee with a direction to complete the probe within one month and submit a detailed report in respect thereof. He said that a police case was also registered and consequently three such industrial units were raided and sealed by the Police Deptt with the then IGP Jammu assuring thorough probe followed by appropriate punitive action against the culprits.
Mr Singh, however, regretted that no action whatsoever had been initiated thereafter against the powerful lobby despite the lapse of around six months from the date of initiation of enquiry with both the Forest Committee as well as the Police investigation having gone into hibernation.
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