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Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra exposes major scam by private security contractor on contract with DTTDC, 23th March 2016

Home/ Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra Exposes Major Scam By Private Security Contractor On Contract With DTTDC, 23th March 2016

DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY,
GOVERNMENT OF DELHI
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New Delhi: 23/03/2016

Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra exposes major scam by private security contractor on contract with DTTDC

DTTDC recommends termination security contract with Kore Securities caught violating labour laws and indulging in financial fraud

DTTDC exposes corruption of more than 5 crores conducted by Kore Securities

Delhi Tourism to file an FIR against security contractor and recommend blacklisting of company from government security contracts

In a major step that strengthens the commitment shown by the Delhi Government in its anti corruption measures, Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra recommended the termination of contracts and filing of an FIR against Kore Securities, who have indulged in massive violation of existing labour laws and conducted financial fraud at a grand scale.

On examination of the account books and verification at ground level, the following facts were unearthed, which led to the action mentioned above by the Tourism Minister:

The security contractor, Kore Securities, was collecting over Rs. 22,000 per security guard per month while paying only Rs. 8,000 to each guard, as opposed to the contractually agreed upon Rs. 13,000 per month. This fraud brings the amount paid to security guards lower than the minimum wage in Delhi.No weekly off-days were provided to security guards (601 in total) whilst the company continued to bill the Delhi Government, effectively robbing the security guards of their well-deserved salary.

Security guards were working 12 hour shifts as per the re-negotiated contracts but were being paid for only 8 hours of service.The total loss to the exchequer is worked out to be over Rs. 5 crore. The components of this fraud include underpaid PF contributions to employees, underpayment of Rs. 5,000 per employee per month for guards working 12 hour shifts and overbilling of DTTDC for days that are taken off by employees only on paper but are working on ground.

Tourism Minister Kapil Mishra said, "The Delhi Government led by CM Arvind Kejriwal ji is firmly committed to eliminated corruption in Delhi. And this is just another shining example of our action against those working against the interests of the people. And for that, we have to ensure that no corruption takes place by contractors who work with the Delhi Government. However, we also believe in the welfare of the poor helpless security guards whose interests we will ensure are not ruined by corrupt contractors.”

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