ACB and EOW have registered a case against 2 retired IAS and AG officers.
Raipur: Chhattisgarh ACB and EOW have registered a case against two retired IAS officers and the former state attorney general for misusing their positions to influence the investigation and trial of the Civil Supplies Corporation (NAAN) scam cases, of several million rupees. We tell you that all three were in office during the previous Congress government. An EOW official said on Tuesday that based on a report and documents provided to the state agency by the ED, an FIR was lodged against two retired IAS officers and the Naan scam accused on Monday, Anil Tuteja and Alok Shukla, and former Attorney General Satish Chandra. Verma. It was recorded.
‘Attempt to obstruct Emergency Department investigation’
The EOW officer said a case has been registered against the three under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act. The FIR states that based on the cases registered by the state ACB/EOW and ED in the Civil Supplies Corporation scam, the Income Tax Department had collected certain digital evidence, including WhatsApp chats, against Tuteja and Shukla, which proved that both of them were involved in illegal activities were not only trying to create hurdles in the ED investigation but were also trying to influence the ACB/EOW case in collaboration with Chhattisgarh government bureaucrats and people holding constitutional positions. This case is pending in the Raipur special court.
‘There was a lot of interference in the work of the government’
It has been said in the FIR that Alok Shukla was posted as Principal Secretary in the Chhattisgarh State Government from 2018 to 2020 as a public servant. Anil Tuteja was posted as Joint Secretary, Chhattisgarh State Government as a Civil Servant during 2019 to 2020. Satish Chandra Verma was posted as a Public Servant in Chhattisgarh High Court from the year 2019 to 2020 in the post of Advocate General, Chhattisgarh State Government. . It has been said in the FIR that Tuteja and Shukla had become important officials in the (Congress) government between 2018 and 2023 and these officials had a lot of interference in the formulation of operational policies and other works of the government since 2019.
‘The state agents were under the control of the accused’
It has been said in the FIR that he was the most powerful official in the government and had direct interference in the appointment and transfer of all important posts. According to this, in a way it can be said that the entire bureaucracy of the Chhattisgarh government was under his control and giving the desired posts to the desired officers was also under his control. For this reason, they had control over officials assigned to important positions in the state government. According to the FIR, the investigation conducted at various levels in this case prima facie found that the three accused had misused their respective positions. (Language)
