Was tasked with laying traps' to catch bribe-taking bureaucrats.
New Delhi: In yet another blow to the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation, Delhi lieutenant- governor Anil Baijal has ordered shutting down of the AAP government-appointed “feedback unit,” months after the CBI registered a preliminary inquiry to look into its setting up without the L-G’s nod.
The unit was created under the vigilance department last year to reportedly “gather relevant information and actionable feedback” about officials and departments under the Delhi government.
It was tasked to “lay traps” to catch the bribe-taking bureaucrats red handed.
“The L-G has ordered closure of the Feedback Unit in the first week of March,” sources said. Meanwhile, Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said there is nothing wrong in setting up such a unit by the government.
“Every state should have a feedback unit and every government has it. Government should communicate with its people and take feedback. I don’t think there is anything wrong in it,” Mr Sisodia said at a press conference.
Sources in the vigilance department said that the government hired around 15 retired police officers and experts even as the department did not know what they used to do.
“Some of members of the unit had quit their jobs. The government had not extended the contract of some members, coming to an end in February this year. It has not been functioning since March 1. The unit was given Rs 10 lakh as a secret fund last year,” a top government official said.
In January this year, a preliminary enquiry had been registered by the CBI after former lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung had referred seven matters of alleged irregularities by the Delhi government to the agency, which had come to light in the Shunglu panel report.
