Skill corp’s IAS officer was arrested in 2016 for health scam: ACB

Jaipur: The ACB on Monday sent the seized mobile phones of IAS officer Neeraj K Pawan, chairman of Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC), and Pradeep Gawande, the MD of RSLDC, to probe their roles in the alleged corruption racket busted in the corporation.

This is not the first time Pawan’s name has emerged in a corruption racket. The ACB had arrested him in connection with a scam in the national rural health mission (NHRM) scam in 2016 and he was also charge-sheeted in the case.

DG ACB BL Soni said teams of the bureau were checking documents and collecting evidence against the officials of RSLDC.

“Neeraj K Pawan along with others had been chargesheeted in a corruption case at NRHM-IEC on July 16, 2016 in which trial is in progress. In another case related to a recruitment scam at national mental health programme in 2017, prosecution sanction from government of India is awaited. Also, we conducted a primary inquiry in a case related to misuse of office against him,” Soni added.

He added that the role of both the officers, Pawan and Gawande, is suspicious. “We have sent their mobile phones to the forensic science laboratory in Delhi to retrieve deleted messages. If needed, we will sent Pawan and Gawande notices to appear at the headquarters for questioning,” he added.


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