Dehradun, July 12 -- A controversy had broken out after CM Dhami's recent safari in Corbett Tiger Reserve's Dhela Range in which a Gypsy without a fitness certificate was pressed into service. The issue had come to the fore after it surfaced that the vehicle had not received a fitness certificate over the past five years. Mohammed Umar, the driver involved, has now been suspended. In addition, Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal has ordered a probe into the whole incident.
Sources have claimed that the Gypsy, with registration number UK 19GA 0067, has all through been used for VIP safaris in the park, including those of judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court, even the governors of Uttarakhand, and successive chief ministers, without carr...