Munish Ahuja initiated Supplies to this FAKE Project firm in the same month in which the Whistle Blower Rajeev Bhatia exposed the case of Venkatesh Infra Projects P Ltd before D[C] and Chairman SAIL.

D[C] Chakarvarty and Chairman Soma, not only buried the complaint under the carpet but removed the Whistle Blower from the scene by suspending him so that sales to  FAKE Projects can continue unhampered. As per estimates, over 6 lakh tonnes sold to FAKE Projects after the receipt of Venkatesh’s complaint from Bhatia.

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Ahuja continued supplies till he was suspended.

The misconduct of Ahuja is extemely serious coupled with malafide intentions as he was in custody of complete copy of the complaint on Venkatesh, being the Inquiry Officer in the FAKE and Malicious disciplinary proceedings initiated against the Whistle Blower Rajeev Bhatia to take revenge on him for exposing the corruption of SAIL management.

SMTC Steel & Power P Ltd, part of SMTC Group, is one of the leading stockists and suppliers of Iron & Steel materials and an MOU CUSTOMER and DEALER OF SAIL. They are suppliers of a wide range of products which include TMT Bars, Structurals, Plates which they procure from the main producers such as SAIL, RINL (VIZAG), TATA, JSPL, JSW etc. They also supply products of local mills as Sarita, Paras, Prakash, Mahamaya, Vandana, SKS Ispat, Shyam Steel, ELEGANT, SRMB, etc. Steel & Metal Trading Co.; SMTC Infra Projects P Ltd and PUG INFRA DEVELOPERS P LTD are some of the other firms which have common directors/owners.

In Nov 2022, the incorrigible FAKE Project supplier, Ahuja impressed upon the SMTC Group to bring a firm which can be camouflaged as a Project and TMT Bars can be sold at heavy discounts. Accordingly, PUG INFRA DEVELOPERS P LTD was inducted in SAIL at its Durgapur branch as a Project.

To hoodwink the system, a back-office employee of SMTC Infra Projects P Ltd [another firm belonging to the SMTC Group] was made the contact person in SAIL.

Bureaugram.com leaves you with few thought-provoking questions:

1.    What was the process followed to select PUG INFRA DEVELOPERS P LTD to give subsidy of lakhs of rupees?

2.    Rather than asking to bring a new firm PUG INFRA DEVELOPERS P LTD, why TMT Bars were not sold directly to SMTC Steel & Power P Ltd who had a long-standing business relationship with SAIL and its officials?

3.    Relationship with the directors used but not the firm, why?

4.    What was being hidden by Ahuja, from whom and why?

(The above article has been written based on Bureaugram’s extensive research and inputs from various sources including sources from SAIL)