Bhubaneswar: Two senior IAS officers Hemant Sharma and Yamini Sarangi appeared before the Lokayukta for the second time on Wednesday in connection with the alleged irregularities in the procurement of the COVID-19 mask and PPE kit.
The IAS officers were questioned on a number of aspects, especially over the reason for a sudden change in the emergency purchasing committee for PPE kits, by the Lokayukta during the inquiry, informed the petitioner and Congress leader, Sudarshan Das.
Earlier in September, Sharma and Sarangi had appeared before the Lokayukta in connection with the alleged irregularities in the PPE kit procurement.
The Odisha government had removed Sharma from the supervision of the procurement of masks and PPE kits following the allegations of corruption made by the Congress over the purchase of the kits.
Moreover, social organization, ‘Odisha Bikash Parisada (OBP)’ had alleged the involvement of many IAS officers and the Odisha State Medical Corporation in the scam while demanding a fair probe into the matter.
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