Arappor Iyakkam a socialworking group and NGO has expressed dissatisfaction with the inactive state of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC), stating that the anti corruption department in Chennai appears to be dormant despite its responsibilities.
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption in Chennai has been criticized for its apparent inactivity over the past four months, focusing primarily on apprehending government employees accepting bribes of ₹500 and ₹1000. Only two cases have been registered during this period, raising questions about the department’s effectiveness.
Concerns have been raised about the department’s delayed response to various corruption complaints, uncovers including the need for permission from the Governor to file a charge sheet in 25 complaints against Veeramani, and the slow progress in investigating tenders set in Chennai, Coimbatore and corruption complaints in the ration and coal import sectors.
The lack of chargesheets and FIRs in numerous complaints during the three-year tenure of the DMK regime, led by Chief Minister Stalin, is also highlighted.
Arappor Iyakkam in their X handle sharply reacted in a lengthy X post. Here’s the translation of the same:
“The anti-bribery department in Chennai has been sleeping on sleeping pills without doing any work for the last 4 months except catching government employees who take bribes of ₹500, ₹1000.
A total of 2 cases have been registered in the last 4 months. Why should hundreds of individuals receive salaries amounting to crores for their lack of productivity? Apart from waiting for permission from the Governor to file a chargesheet against Veeramani in the 25 corruption complaints filed by Arappor, what is the progress on other complaints?
Despite the court’s directive to file a chargesheet in the complaint regarding the tender issuances in Chennai and Coimbatore for the associates of former Minister Velumani are you getting paid to keep the documents on your head and snore for months?
When will the investigation into the 2000 crore corruption allegations against the Christy institution in the ration sector be concluded?
When do you plan to initiate an investigation into the corruption complaint involving 6000 crores against Adani and other companies in the coal import case?
When do you plan to initiate an investigation into the accusation of 400 crores being embezzled through the manipulation of tenders for the procurement of transformers in the Tamil Nadu electricity sector during the DMK regime?
3 years of DMK rule is about to end. So far, no chargesheet has been filed in any of the complaints lodged by the Arappor. In many complaints, even FIR is not lodged. Many cases not even preliminary investigations have been initiated and the files are gathering dust. Is this a sign of the DMK regime under the leadership of Chief Minister Stalin? Does protecting the corruption of the opposition parties is your social justice?
For such inactivity why should there be anti corruption department in tamil nadu? Instead let’s close it and announce that we have eradicated bribery in Tamil Nadu..!”
500, 1000 என்று லஞ்சம் வாங்கும் அரசு ஊழியர்களை பிடிப்பதை தவிர கடந்த 4 மாதங்களாக எந்த வேலையும் செய்யாமல் சென்னையில் லஞ்ச ஒழிப்புத்துறை தூக்க மாத்திரை சாப்பிட்டு தூங்கிக் கொண்டு இருக்கிறது.
கடந்த 4 மாதங்களில் மொத்தமே 2 வழக்குகள் தான் பதிவு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. இதுக்கு எதுக்கு… pic.twitter.com/z52fbSBGT5
— Arappor Iyakkam (@Arappor) January 4, 2024
The apparent failure to initiate even preliminary investigations adds to the dissatisfaction, prompting questions about the government’s commitment to combating corruption and upholding social justice.
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