Maharashtra: Suspended RTO staffer moves Bombay HC seeking independent probe against minister Anil Parab

Anil Parab. File Pic/Ashish Rane

Suspended Regional Transport Officer Gajendra Patil, who had levelled charges of corruption and misconduct against Maharashtra minister Anil Parab and several other high-ranking officials in the state transport department earlier this year, has approached the Bombay High Court seeking an independent probe against them.

A bench of Justices SS Shinde and NJ Jamadar said that it will hear the plea on October 8. In his petition filed earlier this month through his counsel VP Rane, Patil has urged the high court to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or any other independent agency to conduct an inquiry against Transport Minister Parab and other officers on allegations of bribery, corruption in matters of transfers and postings in the state transport department, and official misconduct, among other things.

He has named the Maharashtra government, Parab and several officials of the transport department as respondent parties in his plea. In May this year, Patil had made the above allegations against Parab, state transport commissioner Avinash Dhakne, and five other senior department officials. Patil was subsequently suspended from the RTO by the state authorities.

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