AURANGABAD: Beed zilla parishad CEO Ajit Kumbhar suspended two
clerical employees of the zilla parishad and terminated services of three contractual employees after an internal inquiry concluded that they were involved in the alleged Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) scam.
The preliminary inquiry found that he mandatory records of
several works carried out under EGS in Kej panchayat samiti were either recorded nor maintained.
The inquiry is being carried out by a committee headed by deputy CEO D B Giri. While junior assistant A S Dange and extension officer M B Gaikwad have been suspended, services of assistant project officers S U Thorat, S A Bangar and V C Munde have been terminated.
Kumbhar said a departmental inquiry has been ordered and 20 teams have been formed to audit all the works done under EGS. He added that the internal inquiry was the result of a specific complaint alleging misappropriation of funds and not maintaining records. Kumbhar said, “As the exact amount is not known, we did not file a police case.”