Haryana Forest Scam: MoEF Indicts Politicians And Senior Officers
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 4,
April 2011
It also indicted the Supreme Court-appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) for going beyond its powers and infringing law, in letting the guilty off in the case. But Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has now asked the same CEC to consult the Haryana government and decide what action it should take in the Haryana forest scam case.
The inquiry report had found embezzling of funds, violation of Supreme Court orders and environmental laws, hounding of a whistleblower and connivance at the highest level to save the guilty. It found that the CEC had let the Haryana officials off the hook by asking the state government instead to deposit a Rs 1 crore fine for destroying a wildlife sanctuary.
Source: Nitin Sethi, TNN, New Delhi.
