HC slams MCD for delaying probe against councillor

“It is quite a shocking state of affairs that for the last more than six months the department concerned of the MCD has not been able to supply the requisite documents to enable the EOW to proceed with the inquiry,” Justice Kailash Gambhir said.

The High Court has now directed the Director of the MCD’s Vigilance Branch to appear before it in person. “The Deputy Commissioner (Shahdara-South Zone) shall also remain present on May 25,” the court ordered.

Justice Gambhir passed the order in connection with the anti-forgery section of the EOW’s inquiry,following a complaint by Harish Beniwal,a safai karmachari,against Praveen Massy,councillor from Trilokpuri,on recruitment to the MCD.

Beniwal has alleged that the councillor managed to appoint 21 of his relatives as sweepers in the MCD sanitary department by influencing officers of the civic body.