NBSTC

Fake appointment bid in NBSTC

The problem-torn North Bengal State Transport Corporation received yet
another problem to deal with. It is a bid to appoint persons with fake
appointment letters. In the appointment letters the signatures of the
Managing Director of the corporation, C Murugan, have been forged. On
Thursday night, soon after learning of the matter, the MD lodged an
FIR at Cooch Behar Kotowali Police Station. The police initiated an
investigation following the complaint.

It was learnt that a senior official of the NBSTC drew attention of
the MD over the fake appointment letters on Thursday evening. The MD,
who is also the Additional District Magistrate (General) of Cooch
Behar, rushed to the Paribahan Bhavan, the head office of the
corporation, and examined a copy of the forged letter collected by the
officials. He immediately informed the matter to the secretary of the
state Transport Department, BP Gopalika and other members of the Board
of Directors of the corporation. Latter, he lodged an FIR at Kotowali
Police Station.

In the letter that was issued on 12 October, the MD reportedly
appointed 15 persons for contractual jobs. In the letters they were
asked to join on 2 November. It was intimated that they would get Rs
4,500 per month. When asked the MD, C Murugan said that no such letter
was issued by the NBSTC and the signatures in the letters were fake
ones. On inquiry he came to know that no one yet reported for the job
at any of the depots of the corporation. Only two persons reportedly
inquired about the appointment at Cooch Behar depot recently. Police
may find out the persons involved with the matter, he hoped.

Abdul Jalil Ahmed, the Chairman of the Selection Committee and a
Director of the NBSTC, said that he advised the MD to lodge the FIR to
find out the racket behind the incident. As the Chairman of the
Selection Committee he should know of all appointments in the
corporation as there is a legal procedure to appoint personnel,
contractual or permanent, Ahmed said.

NBSTC sources said that the plan behind the issuance of fake
appointment letters with forged signatures of the Managing Director is
nothing but a bid to undermine the image of the MD who is an IAS
officer. The police should try their best to unearth the racket behind
the incident, they urged.