FiberNet tender irregularities: Vemuru Hari Krishna Prasad summoned by AP CID

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) has summoned former governing council member of AP government’s e-governance authority Vemuru Hari Krishna Prasad on September 14, in connection with the FIR on FiberNet tender. The CID has made several allegations of irregularities in the awarding of the Rs 320 crore contract. It has also alleged a loss of Rs 120 crore.
CID has contended that officials had accepted falsified documents of the consortium led by Tera Software.“The accused went out of the way and removed the name of Tera Software from blacklist from participation in government’s tender processes,” CID alleged. On August 19, 2015, AP Technologies Services Limited managing director B Sundar raised objections in awarding the bid to Tera Software.
“Tera Software had been blacklisted by APTS recently for their failure to deliver goods and services to the Civil Supplies Dept, the blacklisting of again revoked by the Techno Finance Committee on the initiative of Civil Supplies on August 6 2015. Tera Software is a bad performer with reference to e-Govt, contracts,” CID said .
“Vemuru Hari Krishna Prasad was directly connected to Tera Software Ltd. The files do not reflect anywhere that Vemuru Hari Krishna Prasad disclosed about his acquaintance with the bidders or offered to recuse himself from the tender process,” CID alleged.
The losses are due to non delivery of features, software by Tera Software, non-adherence of standard guidelines, release of payments without completion of full acceptance test and other certificates by violating conditions.
In his statement to the CID, managing director of Signum Digital networks, K Gouri Shankar stated, “In the month of August 2015 Signum Digital Network received an e-mail and letter from the managing director of INCAP, wherein the managing director INCAP requested them to confirm the supply and installation of digital head-end and other equipment by Tera Software.” CID alleged that Vemuru Hari Krishna Prasad contacted and threatened him to give confirmation mail to INCAP immediately.