Dehradun, July 25 -- The Uttarakhand government has issued a show cause notice to Forest Conservator Vinay Kumar Bhargava for major financial irregularities committed during his tenure as the Pithoragarh forest divisional officer on the basis of a comprehensive inquiry done by Uttarakhand Cadre senior IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi.

The alleged irregularities involving crores of rupees include the construction of concrete structures without prior sanction and approval from competent officials in the Munsyari range of the Pithoragarh forest division in 2019. This involved selecting a private firm for supplying construction materials and making a lump sum payment to it without a tender process or clearance from competent authorities.

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