State Vigilance forms panel to probe scam

The state Vigilance Bureau on Thursday set up a high-level panel to probe the multi-crore flood relief scam. 8216;8216;FIRs would be filed only after receiving the preliminary report which is expected in next two months,8217;8217; said director-general Ashish Ranjan Sinha.

8216;8216;I have already constituted a probe panel, headed by an official of DIG rank, to carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into the allegations of omission and commission by officials and the inquiry report is likely to come in two months,8217;8217; Sinha said here.

Asked whether the inquiry had started after registering FIRs, Sinha said, 8216;8216;We don8217;t file FIRs until and unless we come to the conclusion that a cognisable offence appears to have been prima facie committed by a public servant.8217;8217;