1 Jul 2009, 0115 hrs IST, Dipak Kumar Dash, Neha Lalchandani & Ambika Pandit, TNN NEW DELHI: Rattled by the TOI report on Monday that MCD could be paying salaries for as many as 45,000 bogus employees in a scam that may run into thousands of crores, Mayor Kunwar Sein said on Tuesday the civic body could order a CBI inquiry into its murky state of affairs. This will, however, have to wait till July 15, the deadline for all MCD employees to get themselves registered for the biometric system of attendance. That ghost employees have been milking the corporation seems to be common knowledge among the MCD brass. Former MCD standing committee chairman Vijender Gupta told TOI the scam is decades old. "I won't hesitate to say that a huge number of employees are bogus. When all employees will have to mark their attendance in the new... [read full story]
