HAZARIBAG: Two revenue department officials Ramprakash Chowdhury and Raghunath Ram were given forced voluntary retirement (VRS) by the district administration of Hazaribag after a slew of corruption charges and lackadaisical attitude towards work surfaced against the duo.
Deputy commissioner Aditya Kumar Anand said the two were served VRS with immediate effect. “The land and revenue department had set up a high level probe against Chowdhury and Ram following corruption charges and the two were given VRS. They had eight years of service left, but the charges against them were serious. Government has zero tolerance towards such conduct,” he said.
The duo has been accused of manipulating official records of the land and revenue registers, leading to illegal land deals in Ichak block, causing heavy losses to the state exchequer. “Such action against them should also serve as a warning to others who tend to adopt corrupt means,” the DC warned, adding that the administratio