New Delhi, May 16 (PTI) Special Secretary (Vigilance) Y V V J Rajshekhar, who was divested of his duties by the Delhi authorities, alleged that his workplace room was “searched” late Monday night time and expressed apprehension that “sensitive” information associated to the excise coverage and the chief minister’s residence renovation may be destroyed or tampered with. Rajshekhar detailed his complaints in a report back to the lieutenant governor’s workplace, joint secretary within the Ministry of Home Affairs and the extra commissioner of police of Delhi’s anti-corruption department. In an announcement, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) authorities known as him “a thoroughly corrupt officer” and questioned his curiosity in maintaining some information with him regardless of an order being issued for withdrawal of labor from him on May 13.
“Regarding his allegation that someone tried to break in his office at night, the government will get it thoroughly investigated whether it is true or not. If true, strict action will be taken,” it added. The AAP dispensation and a bit of bureaucrats are engaged in a tussle for the reason that authorities introduced a significant administrative reshuffle after the Supreme Court gave it management over the switch and posting of officers.
Citing complaints towards Rajshekhar for allegedly working an extortion racket and demanding safety cash, Delhi Vigilance Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on May 13 ordered withdrawing all work assigned to the officer with speedy impact. Sources mentioned the vigilance officer was probing the alleged Delhi liquor rip-off and alleged corruption within the renovation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence.
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He can also be probing the demolition of a heritage monument by a former CEO of Delhi Jal Board to assemble a sprawling bungalow for himself.
In a reply to his superiors on May 15, Rajshekhar had mentioned he was being “prevented from performing his duties” and apprehended “serious threat and diversion of records” pertaining to delicate issues just like the excise coverage and the chief minister’s residence renovation. He additionally requested that the matter be taken to the High Court for a keep.
In his newest report back to Lieutenant Governor V Okay Saxena’s workplace, he mentioned he has “serious apprehension that our rooms might have been bugged and there is every likelihood of breach of secrecy, tampering of records, fabrication of records, etc.” He claimed that his workplace room on the Delhi Secretariat was searched late Monday night time.
After he obtained directions from Bharadwaj on May 15, the officer mentioned, he despatched 76 information that had been with him within the “Confidential” part to the Secretary (Vigilance) “without examining these 76 files, merely recording the instructions of the Hon’ble Minister where he directed the undersigned not examine the files”.
However, 12 information that had been “more sensitive”, a few of them pertaining to the excise coverage and the renovation of the chief minister’s residence weren’t despatched, however stored within the custody, he mentioned. “It is not advisable to transfer or send the files either photocopies or otherwise to the Hon’ble Minister as per ‘principle of arm’s length’. We need to carefully examine before taking a view with reference to the verbal directions of the Hon’ble minister,” the report said.
Rajshekhar mentioned that he obtained a name from an officer round 9.14 PM on Monday informing him that officers have been summoned to open his room for assortment of data. “The undersigned severely objected to such name for taking away the data as per the alleged directions of the Hon’ble Minister (Vigilance) at midnight and strongly objected to not bask in such act.
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“However, it is understood from preliminary enquiry that…MTS (a multi tasking staff) has opened the room…And allegedly photocopied all the records i.E. From 15 May 2023 night to 16th May 2023 till 3 AM. The undersigned is not sure whether any record/file was taken away or otherwise tampered with it or photocopied. It is a serious lapse in the present scenario,” Rajshekhar wrote in his report.
“The undersigned is apprehensive that the records will be destroyed or might have been destroyed in due course of time,” he mentioned. He requested senior officers for acceptable motion on the earliest. Meanwhile, the AAP authorities known as him the “Wankhede of Delhi Vigilance Department”, referring to former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede who’s at present beneath investigation by the CBI.
“He is a thoroughly corrupt officer…. How was he posted in vigilance in the first place by LG needs to be probed. He was one of the prime accused in CNG kit scam and CBI had recommended disciplinary action against him. Several complaints have been received against him from several people and several officers that he demands protection money,” it alleged.
