Rs 20 crore meant for night shelters in Delhi siphoned off

January 07, 2013 11:02

As Delhi shivers at 2.4 degrees and 140 dead in north India as a cold wave sweeps over the country, a story of callousness and deep-rooted corruption.

For over 20 years almost Rs 20 crore earmarked for building night shelters and to provide other welfare assistance to the national Capital's poor and homeless was siphoned off with impunity. And when the scam was busted, there seems to have been an organized bid to shelter the guilty. Read more

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