Arappor sends CM, DVAC coffee powder to wake up
VenkadesanS@timesofindia.com
Chennai : Anti-graft organisation Arappor Iyakkam on Sunday launched a novel campaign called 'Wake Up DVAC' to highlight the poor performance of the anti-corruption agency in the last three years on probing corruption complaints. The protesters sent coffee powder to DVAC chief Abhay Kumar Singh, as well as chief minister M K Stalin and chief secretary N Muruganandham on Sunday. The sachet of coffee powder also had a petition attached that elaborated how DVAC has been sleeping on a number of bribery and corruption complaints against govt officials in various departments.
“DVAC registered 281 regular FIRs in 2019, but the number dwindled to 130 and 140 in the years 2022, 2023, and 72 so far this year,” sa id the petition. According to Arappor Iyakkam, Chennai units of DVAC have registered only four cases this year, while the number was 55 in 2019. "More importantly, it is shocking to learn that the eight Chennai units of DVAC together have not even filed a single FIR since June," said Jayaram Venkatesan, founder, Arappor Iyakkam. He said that out of the 32 complaints filed by Arappor Iyakkam since 2017 about corruption to the tune of several thousand crores in different govt departments, DVAC has converted only four of them into FIRs. The campaign accused the DVAC and state govt of intentionally delaying investigations and approvals, protecting corrupt officials. "We hope that the coffee powder will be a wake-up call to the authorities to act on the complaints against corrupt officials who have swindled taxpayers' money," he added.
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