Chennai, June 22 (BPNS)
The noted anti-graft organization of Tamil Nadu, Arappor Iyyakam has raised corruption to the tune of Rs 136 crores in cooperative societies of the state.
In a statement, the organization said that as per an RTI response corruption has taken place in the cooperative societies in the last six years.
Arappur Iyyakam is a social organization based in Tamil Nadu that has actively been pursuing against corrupt practices involving government and allied bodies in the state and had brought out many reports that had led to inquiries and actions in the state.
The organisation in the statement released on Thursday said that corruption to the tune of Rs 1 lakh to 10 lakhs have taken place in around 62 percent of cooperative societies in the state. The report also said that corruption of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 50 lakh have taken place in 18 percent of the socities.
The society called upon the state government to conduct a proper inquiry and to take action against those involved and to register an FIR against those who have indulged in corruption in these cooperative societies.
The Arrapur Iyyakam wanted the government to take action against the secretaries and employees of these cooperative societies who are involved in corruption and wanted to terminate them from service.
The organisation wants the government to recover the money that was lost from these cooperative societies from those responsible for inflicting the losses.
Arappur Iyyakam has already petitioned the Tamil Nadu minister for cooperatives, KR Periyakaruppan, finance minister Thangam Thenarasu, and Chief Secretary, V. Irai Anbu to take action against those responsible for the corrupt deals in these cooperative societies.
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