IAS Officer with huge unaccounted assets suspended
IT seems that the Chhattisgarh government has suspended the tainted IAS officer whose unearthed unaccounted wealth ran into over Rs. 400 Crores. He had over a dozen bank lockers and 220 bank accounts. These were revealed in an income tax raid. It seems the State is seeking the CBI's help for a thorough probe into the matter as several officials of at least two nationalised banks -- Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India -- seemed to be hand-in-glove with the bureaucrat and his CA. A 1988 batch IAS officer is found to be in possession of over Rs. 400 Crores!
A famous bureaucrat once remarked that an IAS officer loses his integrity once he acquires a car and a wife. And they do both within a few years of joining the service. District Collectors/magistrates are so busy making money that they forget that they are officers appointed to serve the people. The IRS is no different. Today may youngsters are joining the IRS only with the hope of making money. And it's all one day cricket – they start hitting from the very first ball.