Babulal Agrawal, an IAS officer in Chhattisgarh has been accused the Income Tax department of owning illegal assets worth Rs 2.53 billion. He and his family have 473 bank accounts and have floated 30 companies in the last 11 years. While we have to provide photographs, proof of identity and address to open an account of Rs 1000, politicians and civil servants can open any number of accounts without any problem whatsoever. In Mizoram, the state Chief Secretary, Vanhela Pachuau is accused of withdrawing Rs 467.6 million from state treasury against " false bills before actual commencement of approved works ". The money was supposed to be for developmental projects along the border with Burma. His defence is that work cannot start unless he has money but apparently the money went to private individuals instead of to laborers or suppliers. Meanwhile the Forest Department in Maharashtra has told the Chief Minister and the central Environment Minister to push off. As per the Forest Rights Act of 2006 villagers are permitted to harvest forest produce but forestry officials want to control the trade in bamboos which is some Rs 100 billion per year. Even though bamboo is classified as grass all over the world the forest department in India classifies it as wood and denies people the right to cut and sell it. Such is the impertinence of these scoundrels that the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests has written to the ministers warning that despite any act of parliament they will not allow people to cut bamboo. ( TOI, April 27 ). Perhaps we should all become Naxals and start hanging the bastards. No other way of clearing the filth.