Bengaluru. Seven employees of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation have been suspended after a vigilance inquiry found suspected irregularities in a spare parts procurement file worth ₹2.45 lakh. The case involves allegations that fake receiving records and invoices were created for materials that were shown as supplied to the corporation’s central workshop but allegedly never reached the facility.
Fake Supply Records Under Scrutiny
Preliminary findings suggest that employees allegedly coordinated with external representatives linked to a supplier firm to create goods receipt records without actual delivery of spare parts. Investigators suspect that delivery acknowledgements were generated on paper even though there was no matching entry of the materials at the workshop gate office.
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Despite the alleged absence of physical delivery, the bills were reportedly forwarded to the accounts section for payment clearance. The irregularities surfaced during a vigilance inquiry, when certain invoice numbers and receipt records were found to be suspicious.
Supplier Firm and Internal Roles Examined
Cross-verification reportedly showed that the spare parts listed as delivered had not reached Central Workshop-1. Following the inquiry, departmental proceedings were initiated and seven employees were suspended pending further investigation.
Investigators have also found discrepancies in documents linked to the private supplier firm involved in the case. Officials suspect that a benami company may have been used to prepare fake procurement records and invoices.
The mobile number printed on the company’s letterhead has also come under scrutiny. Sources claimed that the number allegedly belonged to one of the employees suspected to have played a key role in the operation.
Vigilance Probe Tracks Procurement Trail
Sources indicated that employees from the stores, workshop and accounts sections may have acted in coordination to facilitate the fake billing process. Authorities are now examining whether the supplier entity was used mainly to create paper transactions and route payments through fabricated supply records.
BMTC management has initiated internal disciplinary action in the matter. Departmental inquiries and vigilance proceedings are underway, though officials have not publicly confirmed the total financial impact or whether criminal charges will follow.
The vigilance wing is examining procurement files, digital entry logs, supplier details and the roles of the suspended employees. Officials have not ruled out further suspensions, departmental action or criminal proceedings as the investigation continues.
