The District Congress Committee (DCC) has sought a judicial investigation into the alleged misuse of official usernames and passwords by unauthorised persons to access the Sanchaya property tax assessment software of the Kozhikode Corporation. Alleging that the four officials suspended in connection with the incident were only small fries, the DCC leaders said all influential persons behind the illegal deals for granting building numbers were still at large.
DCC president K. Praveenkumar, while addressing a press conference here on Sunday, said that only a thorough investigation would bring to light the real magnitude of various irregularities in regularising the unauthorised constructions within the city limits in the last 15 years. “In the wake of the latest findings, legal measures adopted by various individuals for securing occupancy certificates by exploiting the weak defence mechanism of the corporation authorities should also be probed as it was also a part of the game plan supported by a section of corrupt leaders,” he alleged.
According to Mr. Praveenkumar, the multi-storey building identified by the city corporation for the much-hyped Mahila Mall project was also one of such facilities included in the category of unauthorised buildings. “The mall project was just a cover to secure building numbers for the commercial facility and it was dropped after fulfilling the secret agenda,” he alleged.
