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
