Maharashtra govt reinstates suspended IAS officer Sushil Khodwekar | Cities News,The Indian Express
This comes two days after the state government reinstated Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Parag Manere.
The Maharashtra government has reinstated IAS officer Sushil Khodwekar, who was suspended after being arrested in the question paper leak case by the Pune Police.
This comes two days after the state government reinstated Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Parag Manere.
Khodwekar, who belongs to the 2011 batch, has been posted as Member Secretary, Rest of Maharashtra Statutory Development Board, Mumbai. This is considered to be a side posting.
He was arrested on January 29 and the state government had taken a lot of time to suspend him. This scam was never investigated fully and the role of a senior IAS officer was not probed.
Normally, as per the All India Civil Service rules, the suspension is done within 48 hours of arrest, but then chief secretary Debashish Chakrabarty kept delaying the same.
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