JOIN USA fortnight after registering cases against 38 BBMP officials, including the Palike Commissioner for the alleged loopholes in the new garbage contract, the Bangalore Metropolitan Task Force (BMTF) on Tuesday registered a case against the old contractors and some BBMP officials based on a complaint by a BJP worker, K Madhava Raju alias Madhu.
Referring to the probe by BMTF in 2008, which brought to fore the large-scale irregularities in solid waste management, Raju has alleged that the accused in the case continue to roam scot-free and were holding important positions in the BBMP.
Among those named in the complaint are contractors - Balasubramanyam, Gopinath Reddy, Bhanumurthy Reddy, Ravi Naidu and Palike Chief Engineer (SWM) Satish.
Raju stated that the BMTF report submitted to the commissioner on November 22, 2008 had pointed to a criminal nexus between the Palike officials and the garbage contractors, which led to a loss of Rs 240 crore to the civic agency.