Corruption in SAIL: Role of Steel Secretary Under Scanner
Open Dichotomy and Double Speak: MoS recommends CBI investigations in the complaints and also says that the complaints are insinuations, lacking evidence, imaginary, malicious, vexatious & frivolous.
Many Letters, Umpteen Emails, Numerous Whatsapp & SMS to Secretary Steel from the Whistle Blower, none answered.
Being senior most officer of the Ministry, Secretary’s role also under scanner for open misuse of Rule 56(j) to take revenge on the Whistle Blower
Based on the preliminary investigations by CVO-SAIL, Vide letter No. 1(7)2023-V&R dated July 28, 2023, Ministry of steel recommended for CBI inquiry into complaint No 73 and 74 of 2023 lodged with LOKPAL by the Whistle Blower Rajeev Bhatia pertaining to the steel supplies to Venkatesh Infra Projects P Ltd and Avon Steel Industries P Ltd.
On one hand, on July 28,2023, the Ministry of Steel recommends CBI inquiry into complaint and on the other hand Abhijeet Narendra, a Joint Secretary of the same Ministry and Government Director on the SAIL Board concurs during the board meeting dated Feb 11, 2025 to give Premature Retirement to the Whistle Blower on the basis of a motivated major penalty given to him in Sep 2023 for the fake charge that the allegations levelled by the Whistle Blower in the above complaints are insinuations and lack evidence and are found to be imaginary, malicious, vexatious, and frivolous.
# Saving on account of correct pricing of SWR 14 Grade Blooms is extra.
To know about anti-Whistle Blower & pro-Corrupt approach of the Ministry of Steel, read the stories by clicking on the following links:
SAIL Whistle Blower’s Premature
Retirement : SAIL and Ministry join
hands to unlawfully invoked Rule 56(j) to take revenge on Rajeev Bhatia
SAIL Vigil Mechanism: A Fancy Policy; Merely a Showpiece with Zero Statutory Compliance
(The above article has been written based on extensive research and inputs from various sources including sources from SAIL)
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