D’Cunha commission submits report to Karnataka CM on COVID-19 ‘scam’
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John Michael D'Cunha Commission submits second interim report on COVID-19 procurement irregularities in Karnataka to Chief Minister.
The John Michael D’Cunha commission, which probed the alleged irregularities in COVID-19 procurements and management in Karnataka during the previous BJP government, on Saturday submitted its second interim report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh was present when the commission submitted its report. Earlier, Mr. D’Cunha, a retired High Court judge, had submitted the report on August 31, 2024.
The Congress government has ordered a probe into the alleged scam involving the purchase of PPE kits and medicines and the administration of drugs, among other things, during the pandemic.
In its earlier report, it had recommended, among other things, the prosecution of the then Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and then Minister for Health and Family Welfare B. Sriramulu over the alleged purchase of three lakh PPE kits from two Chinese firms in April 2020 at exorbitant rates. The State Cabinet had decided to hand over the report for review by an official committee headed by the Chief Secretary.
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