CEC has taken a strong exception to the 'sudden transfer' of a senior Lokayukta police official in 2011, hinting that it could be a covert move to derail the investigations.
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC)—that had submitted its recommendations to the Supreme Court seeking a CBI investigation into the iron ore mining scam involving former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa—has taken a strong exception to the “sudden transfer” of a senior Lokayukta police official in 2011, hinting that it could be a covert move to derail the investigations.
It was one of the four issues that the CEC highlighted in its report. Another issue was the undue favour shown to the close relatives of Yeddyurappa in respect of land purchase and sale.
The other issues were the alleged illegal export of iron ore from the Belekeri port, Krishnapatnam and Chennai ports after it was banned in Karnataka.
MK Jiwarajka, member secretary of the CEC, in his report, stated that Jeevan Kumar V Gaonkar was posted as the additional director-general of police, Karnataka Lokayukta, in consultation with the then Lokayukta. Gaonkar joined Lokayukta on August 9. But the state government transferred him in three months and replaced him with Satya Narayana Rao HN.
The report said the government replaced Gaonkar to avoid embarrassment—as Gaonkar had written to the chief secretary about his telephonic conversation with a VVIP (JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda), who allegedly threatened him over a case under investigation by the Lokayukta police. However, the CEC would not accept this as a reason for his sudden transfer, considering the facts that he had not made a request for transfer, neither he was taken into confidence nor intimated before the transfer, and more importantly, he was involved in the investigation of a number of sensitive cases.
His transfer was bound to hamper the investigations and adversely affect the independent functioning of Lokayukta, the report said.
But since the government has stated that after the new Lokayukta assumes charge, he—if he wants—can transfer the present incumbent(s) from Lokayukta and choose their replacement(s), the CEC is—as of now—not recommending any specific action with regard to Goankar’s transfer, its report added.
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