Agartala: The Tripura government has appointed Y P Singh as the new Chief Secretary who is one year junior to State Director General of Police K Nagraj.
Mr Singh is of 1984 IAS batch while Mr Nagraj is related to 1983 batch IPS of Manipur-Tripura cadre.
The government had not initially elevated Nagraj last year as DGP because he is an accused for possessing disproportionate assets in his home state of Andhra Pradesh.
The CBI had also charge-sheeted Nagraj for possessing assets 500 times more than his known source of income long back but case is still pending.
Recently, when the process of appointment of Y P Singh as Chief Secretary started Nagraj has submitted a representation to Ministry of Home Affairs urging it to expedite his trial in the CBI court.
In the meantime, the news of Mr Singh’s appointment as Chief Secretary shcoked the DGP.
Admitting the fact of giving representation to MHA, Nagraj said, “I am an accused, it would not be fair on my part to say anything to media in my defence. But of course, I want speedy disposal of the case.â€
However, a top official of the government had attributed that the state government is also in the fix in the situation at a time when issues of corruption ravages Tripura at National level.
After appointment of 1984 batch IAS as Chief Secretary, the state government can’t replace Nagraj with other senior IPS officer.
Mr Kishore Jha, senior to to the DGP had been posted in New Delhi Tripura Bhawan three years ago.
The DGP has another three years service left,†the official said.
Nagraj is also willing to go deputation outside the state to avoid the embarrassment but the CBI case has become the main obstruction for him despite of his competence and proven success in combating crime during his service in Tripura.
Nagraj was charge-sheeted along with his father and brother in the court of the Special Judge, Hyderabad, for possessing assets in his own name as well as in the names of his family members in 2012.
The CBI had registered the disproportionate assets case against him in 2005.
The investigating agency investigations had revealed that during the period from 1978 to 1997 Nagraj had acquired assets and incurred expenditure to the tune of Rs 83.42 lakh against an income of Rs 13.24 lakh from all his known sources of income.
The CBI also found that he was operating as many as 16 bank accounts and atleast three bank lockers. (UNI)
