FIR against Digvijaya Singh over appointments in Congress regime
Bhopal: An FIR was filed against Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh, former Speaker of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Sriniwas Tiwari and 17 others in connection with their appointment to the legislature secretariat during the Congress regime.
Deputy secretary of the state Assembly Shyamlal Maithil filed the FIR at Jehangirabad police station.
Principal secretary of the Assembly Bhagwandev Israni said that initially it had named the 17 personnel but later the government added Singh’s and Tiwari’s names.
The FIR was filed under sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for cheating) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code on the recommendations of Justice (retd) Sachindra Dwivedi committee, which found these appointments as illegal and recommended dismissal of these 17 persons, a senior official said.
The BJP government led by the current home minister Babulal Gaur had set up the committee in 2004-05 to probe the appointments made during the Congress regime from 1993-2003 when Singh was the Chief Minister and Tiwari the Speaker. Its report was submitted in 2006.
The state government then recommended a CBI probe but the Central agency declined to take over saying that state agencies were competent enough for the job.
The 17 employees include former principal secretary of Vidhan Sabha Dr AK Payasi, who had joined as a chief municipal officer and was later deputed to the Assembly. He was then transferred to the Assembly and went on to become the principal secretary.
Singh had recently accused Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife of being involved in the MP Professional Board Examination (MPPBE) scam.
Read full article: IBN Live
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has filed an FIR against two top officals of a private bank, charging them with cheating Read more
The Bombay High Court has not quashed the FIR against Delhi-based industrialist Sanjay Dalmia for his alleged attempts to dupe Read more
India's income tax department has not yet carried out any raids in connection with an ongoing probe into a financial Read more
DELHI: Is he just a disgruntled customer or is there some truth in Masood Pracha's allegations? The Daryaganj resident has Read more
