GreaterKashmir.com: New Delhi: Monday, 04 August 2014.
As many as
157 IAS officers have alleged corruption cases registered against them in the
past ten years while sanction of prosecution has been issued only against 15 of
them, according to an RTI reply.
In reply to a
query under the Right to Information Act, Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions said a total of 157 officers have been booked under the
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
The charges
against these officers range from corruption, taking bribe, causing financial
loss to the government, possessing disproportionate assets, irregularities to
involvement in various scams.
Sanction for
prosecution is still awaited against 142 officers for their alleged involvement
in graft cases, the RTI reply said, adding, cases against 71 of these bureaucrats
are being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Among theses
officers, two were allegedly involved in the cases related to irregularities in
Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, two others were booked in Adarsh Housing
Society scam, 12 have been charged of having disproportionate assets.
A few others
have also been booked in high-profile cases.
Hisar-based
RTI activist Ramesh Verma had sought details of bureaucrats against whom there
were serious charges.
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