Police welfare corporation POLCO's Board has received a no confidence motion against POLCO CEO Ahmed Anees, seeking his dismissal.
Police welfare corporation POLCO's Board has received a no confidence motion against POLCO CEO Ahmed Anees, seeking his dismissal.
It has been reported that this complaint was raised after the Anti Corruption Commission launched an investigation in corruption within POLCO. However, a senior official with knowledge of the case said that there is no relation between the proposal to dismiss Anees and the ACC"s investigation.
"What we have heard is there are personal issues between POLCO senior officials," they said.
A decision on Anees' dismissal will be made by the POLCO Board.
However, Mihaaru News reports that even at present, Anees has been stripped of his duties. POLCO is currently being led temporarily by the Board Secretary.
While Anees' dismissal has been proposed, POLCO Board Chairman Superintendent of Police Ahmed Nafiz has also handed in his resignation, which has not been accepted as of yet.
The allegations of corruption against POLCO are around the construction of the Police flats. The subcommittee of the Public Accounts Committee of parliament has also said last week that it is believed some senior officials of Police were involved in this corruption.
Members of the committee also raised concerns whether it is prudent to allow such senior officials of Police to remain in post while the investigation proceeds.
The audit report on the construction of the Police flats state that the agreement for construction of the flats was changed in three different instances, and the price of the project was raised by MVR 122 million, as well as project completion being extended to 54 months.
The project was initially contracted to Noomadi at MVR 580 million , to be completed in two years. However, at the time of completion, MVR 1 billion had been spent on the project.
Auditor General Hussain Niyazi has said that the team from the Auditor General's Office had met with Police management as well, but they were unable to view related documents due to a POLCO server issue.
Furthermore, MVR 3.8 million was spent on acquiring 24 vehicles for the Police Blue Housing Project between 2014 and 2017. Some of these vehicles have since gone 'missing' with it not being found at the work site. Parliament, too, has now reached out to POLCO seeking information about these vehicles.
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