Award for tip-off on Jerath

Currently under suspension, Jerath had allegedly received kickbacks worth lakhs of rupees for issuing supply orders during his tenure as Chief Engineer. He had been evading arrest after having been booked by the Vigilance Department under the Prevention of Corruption Act. He had subsequently been declared as a proclaimed offender by the court.

The Administration has specified that the identity of the informer will be kept a secret. The information can be given to Asa Nand, Officer on Special Duty OSD of the UT Vigilance Cell; Prem Lal Chauhan, Station House Officer SHO of the Police Station, Vigilance; or the nearest police station in whose jurisdiction the accused is hiding.

Today, opposing the bail plea, district attorney Harmohinder Singh contended that orders for over Rs 88 lakh were issued by the accused even after the powers to purchase were taken away by the former Chief Engineer. He was also involved in benami transactions. Approximately, Rs 4.5 lakh had been paid by Mitter for construction of the house of his father-in-law, he further stated.

The diaries could be taken into consideration for effective interrogation as the case was in its initial stages. Co-accused J.K. Gandhi8217;s bail had been turned down by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, it was argued. The defence counsel, on the other hand, contended that the accused was being falsely implicated in the case. His name was not mentioned in the FIR.

The evidence against Mitter was fabricated. The middlemen were made to enter the amount against his name during their police remand, taken under the pretext of getting the diaries decodified, it was further stated. Mitter would have been mentioned in the FIR, had the enteries been made against his initials or name. Moreover, nothing incriminating was recovered during the raid on his residence, it was added.

Mitter had been joining the investigations. The entire record was with the authorities and would not be tampered with by the accused.