The CPM MP told reporters that he had met District Magistrate Mohan Gandhi on January 28 and was given a list of projects purportedly recommended by the MP, though in reality 34 of these projects, estimated at Rs 4 crore, had been not vetted by him.
As Roy immediately submitted a written complaint to the DM and demanded inquiry into the matter, he was informed that an FIR had already been lodged against the dealing clerk and a probe ordered for a similar case days back, he claimed Tuesday evening.
A couple of days ago, Forward Bloc MP Nripendra Nath Roy had levelled charges about misappropriation of money from his MPLAD fund to the tune of Rs 2-crore. In the wake of the his complaint, the DM lodged an FIR against the concerned dealing clerk.