India News: NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh government, acting on directions of the Election Commission, has initiated a departmental enquiry against three IPS offi.
NEW DELHI: The Madhya Pradesh chief secretary informed the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday that a preliminary inquiry had been registered by the state’s economic offences wing (EOW) according to a direction given by the poll panel last month seeking action against three IPS officers and one state police officer for their alleged role in unaccounted flow of cash during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
The EC had asked for a case to be lodged against Sushovan Banerjee (IPS: 1989 batch), Sanjay Mane (IPS: 1989 batch), V Madhu Kumar (IPS: 1991 batch) and Arun Mishra (MP police) based on a report from the Central Board of Direct Taxes
NEW DELHI: With Madhya Pradesh government yet to act on the Election Commission’s December 16 direction for lodging criminal action against three IPS officers and a state police officer based on a CBDT report indicating their alleged role in unauthorised cash transactions during 2019 Lok Sabha poll, the EC has decided to call top officials of the state in January for a status update.
“EC shall be calling MP chief secretary and addl chief secretary (home) for a meeting sometime before January 10, 2021 to know what has been done, is being done or shall be done to implement its direction regarding the officers,” Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora told TOI on Tuesday.
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The Election Commission would call top officials of the Madhya Pradesh government early next month to apprise it on its orders to lodge “criminal action” against three IPS officers and others whose alleged role in the use of black money during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls came to the fore after the I-T Department raided close aides of former chief minister Kamal Nath.
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora made it clear that the officials would “not be summoned” but called by the Commission.
“The Commission would call the chief secretary and the home secretary of Madhya Pradesh before January 10 to discuss what steps have been taken… They would be called to apprise (the Election Commission) about the progress made,” Arora told PTI on Tuesday.