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Ranchi, May 11: As the name of senior bureaucrat of Jharkhand Pooja Singhal surfaced in scam and ED recovered approximately 19 crore cash and documents of property worth Rs 150 crore conducting raids at various locations related to Singhal and her close associates it became necessary to put an eye on the list of bureaucrats involved in scams across the country India.
Reports suggest Singhal is not the isolated case. There are many like her and top 10 among those include A Mohan, Akhand Pratap Singh, Arvind Joshi, Tinku Joshi, Nitesh Janardhan Thakur, Neera Yadav, S. Malaichami, T.O Saroj, Rakesh Bahadur and Babulal Agrawal.
A brief history of their corruption is given below to consider how it becomes challenging to establish a welfare state when bureaucrats become corrupt.
- A Mohan IAS: Anti-Corruption Bureau detected and seized huge property from East Godavari District. Transport Commissioner A Mohan during a guerrilla operation in Andhra Pradesh in the year 2016. Mohan had movable and immovable assets worth Rs 800 crore in many states. During the operation, 2 kg gold and 5 kg silver were recovered from him along with papers of 14 flats. According to the report, Mohan had formed eight shell companies in the name of his elder daughter Tej Shree. The cost of which was estimated at Rs 100-120 crore.
- Akhand Pratap Singh: In 1996, the Uttar Pradesh IAS Association, in one of its surveys, had allegedly described Akhand Pratap Singh as the most corrupt IAS officer in the country. There was a demand for investigation of all his assets, which was refused by the then Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. The central government had sought permission from the state government for a CBI probe against Akhand Pratap, which was rejected by the then Rajnath Singh government. After this, Mayawati, who came into power, not only turned down another demand for a CBI inquiry, but also withdrew the vigilance cases against him. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who came to power after Mayawati, was more kind to Singh. He made Akhand Pratap as the Chief Secretary of the province and with the consent of the Central Government also gave him extension of service. Akhand Pratap Singh, who was expert in handling different political masters during his service, finally came under the clutches of CBI after his vacation. The CBI investigation revealed that he had acquired disproportionate assets during his career spanning thirty years. His properties included a large majestic kothi, four other houses, four plots, four flats in Gurugram, a farm house near Lucknow, Rs 82 lakh in cash and 13 vehicles.
- Arvind Joshi and 4. Tinu Joshi: IAS officer Arvind Joshi and IAS officer Tinu Joshi are husband and wife. Both are IAS officers of the Madhya Pradesh cadre of 1979. In 2011, the Joshi couple came into the limelight when the Income Tax Department raided their house in Bhopal, the capital of MP. In this action, the Income Tax Department had recovered three crore rupees in cash and crores of property documents. The very next day after the action, both were sacked by the state government. An unclaimed property worth Rs 350 crore was found from him.
- Nitesh Janardhan Thakur: In March 2012, Mumbai ACB raided the house of IAS officer Nitesh Janardhan Thakur. After conducting raids, the ACB came to know that Thakur had assets worth more than 200 crores, that too within 12 years of his service. 10 luxury vehicles were also found. When he was the collector of Alibaug, he tampered with the land records. After that he was suspended. He founded several shell companies while in service, and collected 300 crores. Nitesh Thakur had fled abroad before the ED started the investigation and is currently being told in Dubai. He is one of the most corrupt IAS officers of India ever.
- Neera Yadav: Neera Yadav passed the UPSC exam in 1971 and got her home state UP as service cadre. Her name is involved in various land scams in UP and NCR. Neera Yadav was convicted by the CBI court in 2012. She maintained close political contacts, due to which the authorities were reluctant to investigate her. In August 2017, the Supreme Court of India upheld the two-year prison sentence. Let us inform you that in 1996, Neera was declared the second most corrupt IAS officer of the state by the UP IAS Association. Mulayam Singh Yadav made her the Chief Secretary of UP in 2005 despite several serious complaints of corruption against Neera Yadav.
- S. Malaichami: S. Malaichamy was a former MD in Khadi Village Industries. In December 2012, he was sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 10 lakh for having disproportionate assets of more than Rs 50 lakh. He was a 1971 batch (AGMUT cadre) IAS officer who also served as the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi. After becoming an IAS officer in 1971, his assets increased from Rs 46 lakhs to Rs 1.3 crores.
- T.O Saroj: T.O Saroj is a senior IAS officer of Kerala cadre. Since 2003, his name has been in many controversies. His name cropped up in instigating Hindu-Muslim riots in Marad when he was serving as the District Collectorate Officer. He is accused of several land grabbing cases and amassing property. Vigilance and ACB raided his residence and recovered assets worth Rs 20 lakh and Rs 30 crore. He is also involved in benami transactions.
- Rakesh Bahadur: Rakesh Bahadur is a tainted senior IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre. He has a very close relationship with the Samajwadi Party in UP. Rakesh Bahadur was suspended by the BSP in 2009 when irregularities were noticed in the Noida land allotment project. He along with his associates is said to be involved in a scam of Rs 4000 crores.
- Babulal Agrawal IAS: Babulal Agrawal IAS, a 1998 batch IAS officer, was dismissed by the Chhattisgarh government in the year 2010. During that time he was working as the Secretary of the Agriculture Department. In fact, in the raids of the Income Tax Department, more than 500 crores of unclaimed assets were found from him. 40 crores were deposited in his 446 benami bank accounts. He is also accused of money laundering. Taking a big action, the ED attached his assets worth Rs 27.86 crore.
