Twin Towers: Vigilance to probe SIT’s findings Noida News – Times of India

NOIDA: An FIR has been registered against two former CEOs of Noida and 28 others on the recommendation of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that probed systemic collusion between Noida Authority officials and officials. supertech invokes both under IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Inspector Sanjay Kumar Singh Awareness The establishment will now conduct an inquiry which will examine the findings of the SIT in depth and ultimately prepare a charge sheet. The Supreme Court, while ordering the demolition of Apex and Cayenne, held two residential towers in Supertech’s Emerald Court project illegal, made scathing comments on the collusion between the Noida authority and the developer, and ordered prosecution of government officials . After that the SIT was formed by the UP government.
An FIR has been registered against the group of 30 persons under sections 166 (a government official disobeying directions of law), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 7 (gratification in return for a favour) of the IPC.
Summarizing its 45-page report, the SIT has said that Noida Authority officials overlooked violations by Supertech on several occasions to ensure financial benefits to them and the construction activity through collusion corruption, the sources said. Gave the permission to.
The SIT said it has identified the guilty Noida Authority officials and real estate company officials who were instrumental in the elevation. Twin Towers Growing on the basis of purchasable FAR (Floor Area Ratio). During the hearing, Supertech had argued in the court that all its plans were in accordance with the laws.
“The extent of monetary gain made by 30 persons can be assessed only by some specialized agency. Hence, register a case and take further action,” the SIT said in its closing remarks.
Led by Sanjeev Mittal, Commissioner, Department of Infrastructure and Industries, who is also the chairman of the Noida Authority, three other members of the SIT are Additional Director General of Police (Meerut region) Rajeev Sabharwal, Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Development Department Manoj Singh and Chief City and Country Were. Planner Anoop Kumar Srivastava.
Sources said the SIT played the role of around 60 employees of the Noida Authority and a dozen private persons. Out of a total of 70 to 75 names, the officials chose 32 persons. Two have died and their name is not in the FIR.
Following the Supreme Court’s August 31 order, the state government on September 3 constituted a four-member SIT to probe the nature of collusion that had facilitated the Twin Towers. The team completed its investigation and asked the Noida authority to register an FIR on October 3.
Senior planning manager Vaibhav Khanna lodged a complaint on behalf of the Noida Authority on the same day and an FIR was lodged against the group of 30 at around 11.30 pm in Lucknow on October 4. Although the CEO and other senior officials had twice approved additional FARs for the twin towers, the SIT could not find the CEO’s signature or noting on the revised map. A special committee was formed at that time to approve the construction plans and it was this committee that took the decision. The height of the project was raised twice, once in 2009 and again in 2012.
However, the SIT has said that it is clear that the important decisions taken to increase the height of buildings in group housing projects could not have been taken by the committee alone and the role of senior officers who were aware of the broader policy decisions, therefore, must be looked into. Need to.

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