Mumbai, Nov 27: Instituting a departmental inquiry against special investigative team-indicted former Mumbai Police Commissioner R S Sharma, the Maharashtra government has charged him with contravening All India Service (conduct) rules by not maintaining absolute integrity and devotion to his duties. The chargesheet, served on Sharma on November 25, says the proposal to apply provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) in a case registered by Pune police during Sharma's tenure as police chief was scuttled on July 9, 2002 by Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) and Joint Commissioner of Police to the knowledge of Sharma. Sharma failed to personally intervene and take corrective steps while filing chargesheet and applying MCOCA to this case, the chargesheet alleged.

Inclusion and deletion of certain names from the chargesheet without rational correlation with evidence on record had been brought to the notice of Sharma by Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) in writing on October 16, 2002. Yet he failed to look at the case papers of this case personally. Thus, he did not maintain his absolute integrity and devotion to his duties, the chargesheet said. Bureau Report