LDA case before Court
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 03 2018:
Session Court Imphal East has allowed an application to be filed under section 17 of Prevention of Corruption Act by Hopson Sapam OC of Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department Police Station Manipur, for authorising H Sureshkumar, Inspector of Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department Police Station Manipur to investigate the case registered against ex-CM, Okram Ibobi Singh, the then Chairman of Loktak Development Authority and two others.
The application filed by the State of Manipur, Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department Police Station Manipur, was heard in motion yesterday and the Court registered a cril misc case.
The Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) submitted that an FIR was lodged against the ex-CM, Th Ibobi Singh, the then Project Director of LDA, Ch Gojendro, the then Project Director LDA, on the basis of a complaint filed by Khulpen Lhouvum, Additional SP, Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department Police Station Manipur, alleging that the said individuals took a decision in a meeting held on August 5, 2008, without any consent of the Cabinet or other members of LDA, which allowed MS Progressive Construction Limited (PCL) Hyderabad to execute the Phumdi removal works from Loktak lake without calling any tender at an estimated cost of Rs 3,06,10,100 indicating favouritism towards M/S (PCL) Hyderabad.
It was further submitted that the tender committee of LDA accepted a single tender by negotiating the rates offered by M/S KPro Infra work Private Limited of Rs 22439.24 lakh against the sanctioned amount of Rs 22373.52 lakh in compliance with the decision of Cabinet taken on July 4, 2009.The APP further submitted that the present IO of the case, Leena Yumnam, Deputy SP Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department Police Station Manipur, is very limited and prayed for allowing H Sureshkumar, Inspector of Police Vigilance and Anti Corruption Department Police Station Manipur to investigate the case.
On hearing the APP and after going through the prayer, the Court authorized H Sureshkumar to investigate the case.