The Municipal Chief Audit department of the BMC that keeps a check on the accounts of all the other departments of BMC, has found itself under the scanner. A BJP corporator has written to the BMC commissioner stating that the Audit department has been giving out promotions by accepting bribes. The issue was also raised in the standing committee meeting on Wednesday by the corporator, Abhijeet Samant.

Samant has alleged that senior officials of the department have been turning a blind eye to staff indulging in fraudulent activities of accepting money and threats of transfers.  The department denying promotions to certain employees has been spoken of for years by the corporators and when it was finally decided to grant eligible employees their promotions, their arrears were held back.