Bogus complaint against a firm cooked up by RCF Vigilance Department itself for the extortion?

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The delay in decision making indicates that the vigilance officials of RCF had malicious intentions to exploit the firm, in order to gain undue advantages and monetary benefits

An anonymous complaint was lodged by the vigilance department of Rail Coach Factory (#RCF) (page #1) on 02.03.2023. Subsequently, Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer (RCF), Vinod Bazad, with the support of Chief Vigilance Officer (RCF), Ravinder Kumar Verma, and General Manager (RCF), Ashesh Agrawal, decided to write a letter (no. P22039/G/VIG/RCF/2023/29, dated 28.03.2023) (page #2) to the quality lab of RCF.

Documentary Evidence: Page #1: “This bogus complaint cooked up by RCF Vigilance Department itself for extortion from the firms”, said reliable sources.
Documentary Evidence: Page #2

The purpose of writing above letter was to have the latest batch of #Bogie_frames assembly, supplied by M/s #RamkrishnaForgingsLimited, Kolkata, tested. This pertained to Purchase Order No. T2211215, dated 29.07.2022, PL No. 33503760. They requested the lab to submit the report within two weeks.

Later, the quality lab of RCF, through a letter (no. M&C/VI2204419, dated 13.04.2023) (pages 3-4-5, informed the Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer (RCF) Mr Bazad that the samples met the specified requirements.

Documentary Evidence: Pages #3

However, the #Vigilance department, in their letter (no. P22039/G/VIG/RCF/2023/3059, dated 15.05.2023) (page #6), took an additional 32 days after receiving the quality lab’s report to direct the concerned officials to take action on the case.

Documentary Evidence: Pages #4

This delay in decision making indicates that the vigilance officials of RCF (Arvind Kumar Tripathi, Chief Vigilance Inspector; Vinod Kumar Bazad, Deputy Chief Vigilance Officer & Ravinder Kumar Verma, Chief Vigilance Officer) had malicious intentions to exploit M/s Ramakrishna Forgings, Kolkata, in order to gain undue advantages and monetary benefits.

Documentary Evidence: Pages #5

It is questionable why the #vigilance department took extra time to initiate further action when the material was accepted during the vigilance audit based on the testing report. This delay can be attributed to the harassment of #vendors and #suppliers, and also the delay in production by the #mechanical lobby of #RCF, as they are pressured to reject material, which is unethical and incorrect.

Documentary Evidence: Pages #6

Additionally, it is learnt that the Vigilance department, along with higher up, allegedly accepted a substantial amount of money as ransom to settle the case or so-called complaint through coercion. It is worth noting that the #Vigilance department initially wrote an #anonymous letter/complaint and subjected the material to vigilance audit. However, after the material passed the testing, the vigilance department took an additional or unlimited time, or till the settlement with the firms, to take further action.

If a #CBI investigation is conducted into this case, it would expose all the hidden details. To continue..

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