L-G Saxena dismisses DDA officer, orders review in corruption case

LIEUTENANT Governor V.K. Saxena has imposed the penalty of dismissal from service on Rishi Patel, Assistant Section Officer of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), in connection with a land allotment case in Safdarjung Enclave dating back to 2020.

- ANUP VERMA @ New Delhi

The LG has also directed the DDA to reexamine the punishment handed down to another officer, Paras Nath, Deputy Director (now retired). Earlier, in the same matter, the LG had dismissed another DDA officer, Dilshad Ahmad. According to officials, Patel, along with his colleagues, had fraudulently allotted land worth crores of rupees in South Delhi's Safdarjung Enclave on the basis of fictitious papers, in connivance with the beneficiary.