GNIDA manager’s expenses exceed income, booked

GREATER NOIDA: An assistant manager at GNIDA was booked on corruption charges on Saturday after it was found that his expenses exceeded his income by over 130%.
The accused has been identified as Brahm Singh, an assistant manager (Grade 2) with the GNIDA. Police said the FIR was registered after an inspector from the vigilance department found in his investigation that the accused had spent around Rs 60 lakh more than his legal income.

The investigation was ordered in December 2015, and the report was filed in December 2018. Inspector Sohan Lal Premi of the vigilance department then filed a complaint against Singh in Kasna police station on Saturday, in which he stated that the annual legal income of the accused was calculated to be around Rs 43 lakh, but his account statements revealed that he had spent around Rs 1 crore in a year.

“The accused failed to give any clarification on the difference, after which he was found to be guilty of having disproportionate assets,” Premi told police in his complaint. An FIR was lodged against him under relevant sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. “The investigation revealed that Singh’s expenses were 130% more than his income. We have registered a FIR against Singh on the basis of Premi’s complaint. We are questioning the accused and action will be taken against him as per law,” Vineet Jaiswal, SP (rural) said.

GNIDA additional CEO KK Gupta said a person by the name of Brahm Singh is employed with the Authority, but he has “no information of the case”. Gupta said, “We have no information of any case against him. We’ll look into the matter.”