Rs 4,000-cr EPF scam: Adityanath govt removes UPPCL chairman Alok Kumar
Even as the UP Police’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) continues to grill three key officials in the Rs 4,000 crore Employees’ Provident Fund scam, the Yogi Adityanath government on Friday night finally removed the UP Power Corporation Ltd (UPPCL) Chairman Alok Kumar from his post. Besides heading UPPCL, Alok Kumar, a senior IAS officer, was also the Principal Secretary (Energy), considered an important assignment in the state government.
Sources said that Energy Minister Shrikant Sharma had revealed to Chief Minister Aditynath that a set of officers allegedly connived in transferring EPF money to a controversial private company, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL).
The minister, in a letter to the CM, also revealed that Alok Kumar had not kept him in loop while taking the important decision of transferring huge amounts to DHFL.
