Govt clears officers for SIT

The State government has cleared the officers for the Special Investigation Team (SIT), constituted to inquire into corruption within Lokayukta office. Sources said the government has cleared the list of officers chosen by the SIT chief Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kamal Pant.

As per the government order in this regard, the names of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Soumendhu Mukherjee, Superintendent of Police Labhu Ram were cleared along with 12 other officials, including three DySPs, seven police inspectors and two sub-inspectors. Soumendhu Mukherjee is presently working as Director, Security and Vigilance KSRTC, while Labhu Ram is DCP (West) in Bengaluru city. Sources said that the SIT will have two DySPs from Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

“The government has cleared the names of officials on which the request was sent from ADGP Kamal Pant. However, a notification in this regard is yet to be issued. Once the notification is issued, the SIT can start its work,” an official said.

The State government had set up the Special Investigation Team based on the request by the Lokayukta Justice Y Bhaskar  Rao through his letter on June 28.

Justice Rao had requested the government to form the SIT to look into cases of corruption within Lokayukta office.