New Delhi: The Delhi government's anti-corruption helpline '1031' has received 282 calls up to May 13, an RTI query has revealed.
The Right to Information (RTI), filed by Advocate Vivek Garg, also
revealed that seven cases have been registered on receipt of complaints
through the anti-corruption helpline.
"(Arvind) Kejriwal's
government is trying to mislead the people by giving wrong figures. If
his government had claimed that the anti-corruption helpline had
received over 1 lakh calls within a month, why did the anti corruption
branch in its RTI reply state that it has received only 282 calls till
now," Garg told IANS.
On being asked about the contradictory
figures, a senior official from the Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) said,
"The figures were only about the calls that we received.... not every
call was relating to corruption."
According to the Delhi
government, its anti corruption helpline had received over 1.25 lakh
calls since its relaunch on April 5 this year and 25 erring officials
have been arrested.
The advocate had also sought to know from the
Delhi government's ACB which company was operating the helpline and
what it was costing the government to operate such a helpline.
The
ACB replied to these questions by stating that the information sought
did not relate to it. "Hence the same may be sought from the directorate
of vigilance of the Delhi government."
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Delhi Govt.'s anti-corruption helpline buzzes with 1.25 lakh calls
The anti-corruption helpline launched by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal last month has received 1.25 lakh calls till now.
At
least 6,000 telephone calls met the minimum requirements of being
pursued by the anti-corruption helpline, while 252 calls were marked to
the Anti-Corruption Branch.
Kejriwal and his deputy
Manish Sisodia had launched the '1031' helpline at the Talkatora stadium
in the national capital on April 5.
The anti-graft helpline can attend 10,000 calls per day.
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