DRM will appear before SC commission tomorrow
quota. Divisional Railway Manager Manish Tiwari will again appear before the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (SC) in New Delhi on Friday. Here Tiwari will present his side regarding the action taken by ACB in Railways. It is noteworthy that Tiwari had appeared before the Commission on 17 March. The Commission had then ordered an inquiry into the case of Mukesh Jatav, who was caught taking bribe by the ACB, and asked to submit the report in 30 days. It is believed that Tiwari will present his answer in this context. In the last hearing, Manish Tiwari along with Senior Divisional Personnel Officer Suprakash, Personnel Officer Vijay Singh and ACB officials were involved.
Tiwari left for Jabalpur by Dayodaya train on Wednesday. After participating in a meeting here on Thursday, Tiwari will reach Bhopal late night by train. Tiwari will leave for Delhi on Friday morning from Bhopal. Tiwari will attend a meeting of the Delhi division on Saturday. Tiwari will reach Kota on Sunday night by Amritsar-Bandra deluxe train.
This is the case-
It is noteworthy that after his arrest, Jatav had complained about the matter to the SC Commission, questioning the action of the ACB. Citing a Supreme Court judgement, Jatav had said that the ACB had no power to act against central employees. Even if ACB takes any such action, the matter should be handed over to CBI or Railway Vigilance. Jatav had also told the commission that the ACB has not recovered any amount from him. ACB has recovered this amount from the table kept outside under the tin shed. Jatav had said that the ACB and the contractor had deliberately framed him. In his appeal, Jatav had also questioned the sanction granted to the ACB for prosecution by the railway authorities. After this, the commission had issued notices to all the parties asking them to present their stand in the matter. After listening to all the parties, the Commission has issued these instructions.
ACB had arrested-
It is notable that ACB had arrested Jatav on September 15 last year on charges of taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a contractor. Jatav was released on bail in October.
