Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said it would appoint a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged Rs 6,000 crore scam into the purchases of materials related to various tribal development schemes in Maharashtra.
A division bench of Justices VM Kanade and RP Sondurbaldota was hearing a petition filed by Bahiram Motiram, a tribal from Nashik district, demanding the CBI probe into alleged irregularities.
According to the petitioner, the Tribal Welfare department made the purchases towards curbing malnutrition, distribution of cows and buffaloes, supply of diesel engine and pipes, without calling for tenders and the amounts shown as disbursed towards tribal welfare were actually siphoned off.
The court in its previous hearing had asked CBI to make a preliminary inquiry into the allegations. CBI on Tuesday told the court that it could not handle the case due to inadequate manpower as the investigation is spread across several districts in the state....
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