A primary data report, (FIR) taken up by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe alleged irregularities within the Chhattisgarh Public Service Fee (CGPSC), alleges that sons, daughters and kinfolk of a number of Congress politicians, workplace bearers of the fee and even the secretary of the governor grew to become deputy collectors, deputy superintendent of police and excise officers, and many others.
The alleged manipulation to put the kin of high-ranking officers and outstanding politicians came about within the 2022 CGPSC examination, the outcomes of which have been declared on Could 11, 2023.
The beneficiaries of the profitable recruitment embody Chhattisgarh governor Biswabhusan Harichanan’s secretary Amrit Kumar Xalxo’s son Nikhil and daughter Neha, who grew to become deputy collectors; Chhattisgarh police deputy inspector basic (DIG) KL Dhruv’s daughter Sakshi (deputy collector); Congress chief Sudhir Katiyar’s daughter Bhumika and son-in-law Sashank Goyal (deputy collectors); and Congress chief Rajendra Shukla’s daughter Swarnim (deputy collector).
The FIR names 5 extra candidates linked to Congress leaders with out naming the politicians. It provides that the people making it within the benefit checklist from serial numbers 1-171 of CGPSC have been allegedly associated to authorities officers, politicians and influential individuals.
The CBI probe relies on Chhattisgarh police’s Financial Offences Wing’s FIR filed on February 7. The state authorities referred the probe to the CBI on February 16, some two months after the Congress was unseated within the state by the Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) within the December 2023 meeting elections.
The federal anti-corruption company has named Taman Singh Sonwani, former Chairman of CGPSC, Jeevan Kishor Dhruv, former secretary of CGPSC, unnamed public servants in Chhattisgarh authorities and “involved politicians” and others.
Sonwani allegedly acquired 5 members of his household recruited, together with his son Nitesh, daughter-in-law Nisha Kosale (each as deputy collectors), elder brother’s son Sahil (as deputy superintendent of police) and daughter-in-law Deepa Adil (as district excise officer), and sister’s daughter Sunita Joshi as labour officer.
Jeevan Kishore Dhruv’s son Sumit was additionally chosen as deputy collector.
The FIR alleges that the CGPSC query paper was most certainly supplied to the favoured candidates linked to politicians and authorities officers in order that they obtained excessive scores.
The foundations say that if the kinfolk of a CGPSC official seem within the examination, then the involved particular person has to recuse himself from the method after informing different members and officers of the fee, which Sonwani didn’t do, in response to the FIR. Sonwani violated the foundations and chosen his relations and kinfolk of different officers and influential individuals, it added.
After conducting raids at numerous places within the state on Monday, a CBI spokesperson mentioned there are allegations of CGPSC officers and others “abusing official place by recruiting their sons, daughter, kinfolk, their acquaintances and many others. who have been allegedly ineligible candidates for numerous posts in state authorities of Chhattisgarh in examination and interviews performed throughout the yr 2020-2022”.
“The federal government has taken a call handy over the probe to the CBI,” Congress chief Katiyar mentioned. “I’ve full religion within the businesses.”
“I don’t know in regards to the FIR or its contents,” deputy inspector basic Dhruv mentioned. “My daughter’s choice has occurred due to her onerous work.”
Xalxo, Congress chief Shukla and Sonwani didn’t reply to calls or texts looking for remark.