Harak Singh Rawat is a former Minister of Forest of Uttarakhand. (File)
Dehradun:
The Uttarakhand Vigilance Team raided an institution in Shankarpur in Dehradun and a petrol pump in Chhiddarwala on Wednesday. State Vigilance Chief V Murugesan said that after the team examined the documents at both places, it was found that both properties belong to Congress leader and former Boss Minister Harak Singh Rawat.
Speaking to ANI, Mr Murugesan said the surveillance team discovered that two generator sets installed at the two private sites had been purchased with government money. Further investigations into the matter are ongoing, said the head of vigilance.
Mr. Murugesan confirmed that both the Doon Institute of Medical Sciences in Shankarpur and the gas station raided by the team on Wednesday are owned by Mr. Rawat’s son.
When asked if the former minister had any connection to the misuse of government funds, the head of the vigilance did not confirm anything and said that the investigation into the matter is ongoing and that all details related to the matter will be revealed after the research process has been completed. about.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami ordered the latest vigilance operation against Mr Rawat’s properties.
Particularly during Mr Rawat’s tenure as state forest minister in the BJP government, Mr Rawat and some of his branch officers faced serious allegations related to their involvement in the illegal felling and construction of trees in the Pakhro Mountains of Corbett Park as part of the Tiger Safari Project. .
The Forest Survey of India (FSI) claimed in its report that more than 6,000 trees were illegally felled in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) against the permission of 163 trees for the Pakhru tiger safari.
However, the State Forest Service refuted the FSI’s claims, saying there were some technical issues that needed to be resolved before the report was finally accepted.
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