Times of India: Thiruvananthapuram: Sunday, September 24,
2017.
The
government files regarding the appointment of Kerala Small Industries
Development Corporation's (Sidco) former managing director Saji Basheer, an
accused in several vigilance cases, has gone missing from industries
department, said a reply to an RTI application by a private petitioner.
Informing
that the particular file containing government order and other documents
related to Basheer's appointment as Sidco MD could not be traced the RTI reply
to Dileep S, a native of Chalai in the capital city, and dated September 8,
2017, said efforts were being taken to trace the file adding that it may have
been misplaced in some other department in the secretariat.
There are
several vigilance cases pending against Basheer, who got appointed as the Sidco
MD on a regular basis in 2011, the latest being a vigilance and anti-corruption
bureau (VACB) recommendation of a probe early this year over massive hiring.
Though he was
moved out of Sidco and posted as managing director, Kerala State Industrial
Enterprises (KSIE) in 2015, the LDF government had terminated his service after
several allegations of nepotism and corruption.
In September
last year, VACB launched a probe against Basheer, on suspicion of amassing
wealth through corrupt means and his properties were raided.
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