According to a data revealed from the RTI documents, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has reinstated 96 municipal officials facing corruption and criminal charges. Earlier, these officers were inducted after the decision of the Suspension Review Committee, weeks before the Lok Sabha elections.
Of the total, 19 have criminal charges while 77 people have been booked under Prevention of Corruption Act 1988.
As per the RTI documents received by activist Jeetendra Ghadge, the BMC has held five suspension review meetings since 2020; in November 2020, August, September, December of 2023 and March 2024. In the last one, held this year, a week after Bhushan Gagrani was appointed as the municipal commissioner, the latest tranche of 96 suspended employees were reinstated.
Of the total employees accused of corruption, 28 were appointed to positions in the city’s engineering department, 13 were given chief engineer posts in solid waste management department, nine were under the licensing superintendent, and five in the health department.
The solid waste management department has the highest number of accused officers in criminal cases.
Of the officers accused in criminal cases, 12 were reinstated in the solid waste management department and two in the personnel department.
As per reports, none of the accused have been convicted in the cases and are currently undergoing trial.
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