The overzealous crusader against corruption in public places Vinod Rai the then CAG looked the other way. When it came to fighting corruption within his own organization Rai definitely adopted an ostrich like attitude. Complaints with tangible charges of corruption & misconduct against officers under him were never looked into. There are numerous instances where tainted officers were promoted without a hitch, accommodated in desired posts, given extensions after extensions.

 One blue eyed officer was posted in Bihar just after Rai’s coronation as the super sentinel, given charges of three different offices at  points of time, readily granted extensions at his will and lastly continued at Patna till the Rai’s tenure ended. Even Rai gratified him at the last moment of the tenure by posting him as Principal Director Inspection in the CAG office. No bigger joke than the assignment having the opposite persona. This officer passed outlandish orders and Rai blessed him. He falsified records and Rai ignored, he indulged in corruption and Rai took no notice of.

 Now the RTI information reveals vide Annexure-A of letter no. Admn 1/RTI/2013-14/387  dated 05/07/2013 issued by O/O A.G (A&E) Bihar Patna and vide the Appellate Authority's Annexure-A of letter no. Admn (A&E)/RTI/13-14/641 dated 30.8.13 that one officer Shri IDS Dhariwal spent about Rs. 25 lakh on tour only during his posting in Bihar. He spent about Rs.13 lakh from government fund on air travel alone. The exact figure of government money spent by Dhariwal on tour is Rs.19,18,808/ in addition to free rail passes of AC 1^st class which must have been not less than Rs. Five lakhs.

 IDS Dhariwal paid his membership fee of the elite Patna Golf Club Rs.31,163/ from state exchequer. Needless to say this allied officer lived like a king in the state of Bihar which ranks 74^th in global hunger index.

The whole institution is mired deep into the cesspool of corruption. The new CAG has a task to cleanse it.