Bhubaneswar: Senior IAS officers Hamant Sharma and Yamini Sarangi appeared sooner than the Lokayukta Monday to plead their circumstances in reference to an alleged rip-off in the acquisition of PPE kits in Odisha.

Hemant Sharma, the worn head of the assert stage procure committee and Sarangi who used to be the Managing Director of Odisha Recount Clinical Corporation Restricted (OSMCL) submitted their written replies sooner than the Lokayukta, rapid sources.

Nonetheless Each Sharma and Sarangi refused to camouflage the relaxation about their submissions. “We can’t portray the relaxation delivery air on what used to be discussed sooner than Lokayukta.  We comprise got excessive regards for the authority. We’re hopeful that Lokayukta will present unswerving justice,” said Sharma.

Following allegations of corruption made by the Pradesh Congress Committee over the acquisition of PPE kits, the assert authorities had eliminated Sharma from the supervision of the procurement of masks and PPE kits required in the therapy of Covid-19 patients.

Social organisation, ‘Odisha Bikash Parisada (OBP)’ alleged that many IAS officers had been inflamed about the rip-off. They demanded a neutral probe into the subject.

“In the future of this necessary pandemic few senior directors of the assert had been inflamed about extortion. When the call of ‘vocal for local’ is loud and so many local companies are on hand, there isn’t any longer a justification to procure 30 lakh masks from Shri Bishnu Disposable Non-public Restricted. We search data from an intensive investigation into the subject. Let the truth be revealed,” acknowledged OBP President Sushant Padhy.

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