'He had unearthed scam in civil supplies dept'

Former IAS officer M N Vijayakumar has stated in a letter to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary on Tuesday that IAS officer Anurag Tewari, who was found dead recently, had stumbled upon a ‘scam’ in the food and civil supplies department.

In the letter, copies of which have been marked to the Cabinet Secretary, Karnataka Lokayukta among others, Vijayakumar has stated that according to his sources, Tewari was planning to probe deeper into the ‘scam’ after returning from his training programme.

However, Vijayakumar has not given details about the ‘scam’ but has stated that he is willing to reveal the details only before the investigating agency. The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday had recommended to the Centre that the case be handed over to the CBI.

In his letter, Vijayakumar stated that before attending his training programme in Mussoorie, Tewari had interacted with a few people with documents about the scam and had said he would come back with more information. He also stated that he was not getting any support from his seniors.

Vijayakumar has stated that there have been several instances where honest officers have been harassed by seniors for reporting their corrupt activities to various authorities in the government.