The office of special Secretary, cooperation, govt of Kerala has sought explanations from the managing director of the Kerala state cooperative federation (Consumerfed) for initiating the inquiry, recommending the vigilance probe, and for submitting a report against cooperative Additional Registrar, V.Sanil Kumar, who had held the charge for a while, reports Hindu.
On getting the internal inquiry report, the Consumerfed managing director had earlier submitted detailed reports about the losses incurred and the malpractices allegedly committed by Sanil Kumar to the government.
The first explanation sought called into question the very authority of the managing director to initiate the inquiry against the federation president- someone high up in the position. He was also asked to explain whether the inquiry into the irregularities was conducted with the director board’s concurrence and whether it was a statutory inspection or a surprise check. The managing director had also been asked to explain whether he was acting in a dictatorial fashion violating the general inspection norms in the cooperative sector.
As per the internal inquiry report, the irregularities committed by Sanil Kumar involved release of payments worth Rs.70 lakh to suppliers blacklisted by the federation, Rs.40 lakh to another group of suppliers in violation of seniority norms and acts of personal misconduct.
Sources familiar with the development find the govt acting strange as instead of taking action against the tainted officials, the govt is acting against those who have exposed corruption, sources said.