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I cannot give you my email address because I work for the government and I\'m petrified of being caught for informing you of one of the biggest scams and tragedies in India, and, therefore, getting fi

Reported on January 5, 2011 from Bangalore , Karnataka  ι Report #33892


Actually, you need not give your email address on IPAB. We will protect your anonymity. As regards your report, I am aghast at the state of affairs that you report about the department. I would suggest that you go to the press with these details. In fact, if you have more details, it would be useful to send them to the press. Senior officials in the department might also be responsive. I would however suggest that if you wish to escalate the matter, it is best that you go directly to the Director, or to the Secretary of the Department. Given the general deterioration of services of the State Government, I would suggest that you go directly to the Lokayukta, for action to be taken against the Superintendent. It may also be useful if you could persuade a vigilant member of the press to undertake a sting operation against the superintendent.

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ADMIN COMMENT

I cannot give you my email address because I work for the government and I'm petrified of being caught for informing you of one of the biggest scams and tragedies in India, and, therefore, getting fired. The Ministry for the Woman and Child has an insane amount of money allocated to it every year to run various schemes, most recent one being the "Integrated Child Protection Scheme". At every level of the ministry's monstrous structure and the innumerable agencies, departments and NGOs attached to it, money is being embezzeled and bribes are being taken left, right and center. In Bangalore alone, there is ONLY 1 "Counselor" working for EIGHT homes - including the Children Home for Boys, the Girls Home, the Home for the Aged, the Home for the Mentally Retarded Men, Home for the Mentally Retarded Women, the Home for the Boys in Conflict with the Law (juvenile delinquents), and 2 others I forget their names. She has to "counsel" hundreds of inmates every week and draw up their case histories and update them. These homes have a floating population so she's drawing up hundreds of new profiles every week. There is one incorrigibly corrupt and nasty government official in charge of all these homes - Mr Rajendra Prasad, the Superintendent - notorious for beating the kids under his care, harassing his employees, extorting bribes from the poorest of the poor folk who come to pick up their kids, etc. Not a single "counselor" has managed to survive in his employment for more than 6 months and the current counselor is thinking of quitting because he has not paid her her salary for 3 months already. Crores of rupees that should have gone towards the care, protection and upliftment of hundreds of thousands of children who float through these homes have already been stolen, but please can IPAB intervene in this one area by ensuring that Rajendra Prasad pays up her salary and doesn't force a bribe out of her for the same? What can I do? How can/ will you respond to me?