FIR filed
in Capital Police Station, Bhubaneswar against
Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister
and Mr. Vishal Dev, Secretary,
Dept. of Youth Affairs and Sports , Govt. of Odisha for Huge
Black-marketing of World Hockey Cup
ticket in Bhubaneswar
To
day on 29.11.18, Members of Civil Society Groups filed FIR against
Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister
and Mr. Vishal Dev, Secretary,
Dept. of Youth Affairs and Sports , Govt. of Odisha for Huge
Black-marketing of World Hockey Cup
ticket in Bhubaneswar. Referring news carried
in media about allegation by some people about black-marketing of tickets for World Hockey Cup, we
have complained that cost of ticket @Rs.100 was black-marketed at
the rate of Rs.1000.00 and ticket at Es.500.00 sold at Rs.4000.00.
Earlier,
the State Govt. had declared that the ticket for world cup would be booked on-line. But the on-line system did not work. Many
people could not book ticket on-line and
were forced to book the ticket from
counter at Kalinga stadium. It was also
learnt that this was a big conspiracy by
a few handful state officials
and brokers engaged by Mr. Vishal Dev
for black-marketing the tickets to get huge
benefits.
As we
feel, World Hockey Cup is an international event having global importance. The
people of Odisha must have craze to enjoy this global event organized in Bhubaneswar. As the expense for this programme is being borne from state exchequer, the state Govt. should
make all necessary arrangements for the
citizens to watch this event. But
the state apparatus has used this
event as opportunity to gain benefits
through illegal means i.e., black-marketing the tickets. As we
foresee, this is a multi-crore scam with involvement of corrupt officials at
the instance of Vishal Dev.
It is also learnt that
Vishal Dev and Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister and other government officer are
involved in giving out inflated contracts for the World Hockey Games to the
tune of crores of Rupees arbitrarily thereby misutilising their official
positions for their private gain.
The said accused
persons entered into criminal
conspiracies and further have managed to award contracts to their supporters
for their financial gain at the expense of state exchequer.
corruption
and the irregularities in the organization of the games are rampant , as a
large amount of money was spent in these games despite the fact that Odisha has
one of the world’s largest concentration of poor people. The organizing
committee and the games officials were alleged for doing corruption at various
levels of organization, delays in the construction of games’ venues,
infrastructural compromise, possibility of terrorist attack and many more. The
organisers have appointed Loyalists in Key positions at the with due knowledge of
the Chief Minister and his Private Secretary (V.K. pandian). Employees and
consultants and advisors were hired on criteria other than merit.Candidates
with questionable background were accommodated, especially at senior positions
with decision-making powers.The Organizing Committee kept misrepresenting a
revenue neutral position to justify extravagant spending.croresof Rupees were
spent on a reckless exercise of hiring celebrities and people unrelated with
the Hockey sports only for pleasure and taking undue advantage in the upcoming
election in 2019. In these facts and circumstances, the matter is required to
be investigated into by the CBI under the Prevention of Corruption Act and under various
sections of Indian Penal Code.
In the world hockey games multi crore rupees was
wasted and a huge amount of public’s money was stolen by the corrupt
politicians and the bureaucrats to project this a mega event where the
accountability and the transparency is zeroed down.
It is learnt that Naveen pattnaik led Government,
under the direct supervision of his private secretary, V.K. Pandian had
appointed several consultants, who had been paid hefty amounts for consultancy
and other services but they hardly did any work.
We have demanded an inquiry into it and urged police to take legal action against the people involved in
it. The police has received our complaint but not yet registered the case.
The
complainants were Pradeep Pradhan, RTI Activist, Sanjukta Panigrahi, Biswa
Keshari Mohanty, Bhadrak, Santosh
Mohanty, Mayurbhanj, Sri Prakash Jena, Bhadrak
and many others
Prepared by
Pradeep Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date-29.11.18
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