The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti Corruption (DVAC) has registered a case against former Transport Minister K.N. Nehru and 17 others in connection with misuse of public money for entertaining his guests when he was Minister.
The investigating agency booked a case following a direction by the Madras High Court’s Madurai Bench a few days ago which allowed a petition filed by a former employee of Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation in this regard. Sources said the case was booked against him and TNSTC officials under the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Indian Penal Code. The High Court ordered the DVAC to register a case with respect to misuse of public money to the tune of Rs. 32.88 lakh for entertaining guests of Mr. Nehru when he was the Minister for Transport between 2006 and 2011.
The court gave the direction on a petition filed by N. Govindaraju who had filed it on the basis of information obtained under the RTI Act. The allegation was that the TNSTC funds were diverted to meet the air travel, food and lodging expenses of the then Minister’s guests in Tiruchi.
