Kolkata: With every passing day, new revelations are landing in the kitty of officials of Kolkata Police’s Detective Department (DD) who are probing the fake vaccination scam in Kasba in southern fringes of Kolkata. The latest is three scanned original internal documents of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s finance, public works (civil) and advertisement departments. Sleuths believe that the documents were used by prime accused Debanjan Deb to float fake tenders in the name of KMC. But, could all these have happened without connivance with a section of KMC staff and officials? This is precisely the question that is making rounds in the corridors of power now.
At the same time Debanjan, who faked himself as an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and a joint commissioner of KMC, had sound information about the rules and procedures of KMC. The accused was also quite aware of the nitty-gritty of the municipal rules of the state. So the doubts are there whether Debanjan had an association with some KMC insiders who tutored about these rules and procedures. KMC is now looking for some definite information about those KMC insiders with whom Debanjan used to interact regularly.
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The connections, doubts probe officials, might not be limited to political personalities but also the administrative circles in KMC and other government offices. The investigating officers are now wondering how Debanjan could have moved in the corridors of KMC faking as a bureaucrat and none in the corporation doubted his credentials. The cops have now decided to check the footage of the different CCTVs installed in the KMC office in central Kolkata and try to find the departments that Deb used to frequently visit and the people he used to meet.
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The building at Rajdanga in Kasba, where Debanjan used to run the fake vaccination camp, had six other private offices. All six of them had trade licenses. But Debanjan's office had no such trade licenses. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation gives trade license under Rule 199 of the Municipal Act, 1980. If an office is rented for commercial purposes then trade licenses are mandatory. But if an office is rented by a government outfit or for voluntary and welfare purposes then a trade license is not mandatory. From this, it becomes clear that how in-depth was his knowledge about municipal rules.
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