IPS officer Pankaj Choudhary of Rajasthan Police has levelled allegations of corruption and irregularities against a senior IPS officer Rajeev Dasot, who rubbished the charges as "baseless" and said reaction to these would be "below dignity".
Choudhary, posted as Superintendent of Police, State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB), took to Facebook to allege that Dasot, Additional Director General of Armed Battalions, had been abusing official powers.
A 2009-batch IPS officer Choudhary, whose transfers from Jaisalmer and Bundi in the past had triggered controversies, also alleged that he was not being provided certain information through RTI and Dasot, as the first appeal authority, too had tried to linger on the application.
He said he would go to the state Information Commission.
Choudhary, who was earlier posted as the Commandant of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC) 11th Battalion in Delhi before being shifted to Jaipur as the SCRB SP, told PTI: "The battalion staff knows very well about Dasot's wrongful actions and working style."
"When an IPS officer is posted in the battalion, he normally takes charge of all the three battalions but he harassed me and did not give charge of other battalions, where additional SP rank officials were made commandant."
He said Dasot bifurcated the RAC and kept the charge of one IG to himself in order to control postings, transfers, promotions and also departmental inquiry "so that money could be made".
"This is the first time an ADG rank official is executing the duties of IG. He gave charge of Commandant of other battalions to junior rank officials who work as per his interest.
"I complained to the DGP but nothing has happened then I moved an RTI application seeking details of all the officers who have been posted as commandants in the battalions. Since the information which I have sought will be problematic for Dasot, he is trying to get my RTI application lingered on."
When contacted, Dasot said, "All the allegations are baseless. I have discharged my duties with full honesty and dedication and there is no place for such allegations. What he has alleged I do not want to comment more on this as any reaction to such baseless allegations would be below dignity."
Choudhary was shunted from Jaisalmer as SP after he opened the chargesheet of Gazi Fakir, a disciple of Pakistani Sufi saint Peer Pagara and father of the then Congress MLA Saleh Mohammad in August 2013 and was put under Awaiting Posting Orders (APO) status in 2014 for not properly handling a situation of tension that had erupted when he was SP in Bundi district.
Choudhary claimed that he, as the Bundi SP, had averted a major communal clash in 2014 but he was served a chargesheet as a punishment for booking Hindu extremists.
