FIRs lodged over alleged corruption in granting govt advts

Anti-Corruption Bureau in Rajasthan today registered five separate cases over alleged corruption in issuing government advertisements worth around Rs 3 crore to a few advertisement agencies during previous Congress regime, an official said.
On a complaint of Shankar Lal Gurjar who approached the bureau recently, the ACB lodged the five FIRs against the officials (unnamed) of Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Directorate of Local Bodies, and Bureau of Promotion and Investment Department, and two advertising agencies' persons Ajay Chopra (crayons) and Amit Gupta (Unison), quoting ACB IG Smita Srivastava, the official said here.
The FIRs were registered under several sections of IPC and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act for alleged corruption in issuing advertisements, the spokesperson said.

As per the FIRs, the ACB would probe into the alleged Rs 3.01 crore payment made through advertisements to the few advertising companies during previous state government tenure from 2008-13, she said.
The advertisement related to Prashashan Shaharon Ke Sang, Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas, Jal hai to kal hai, Mukhya Mantri Shahari BPL Awas Yojna and Independence Day, quoting the FIR the spokesperson said.
Senior ACB official Manish Tripathi was told to initiate the probe into the five cases, she said.