Bengaluru: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday registered a case against former Director-General of Prisons H.N. Sathyanarayana Rao under Prevention of Corruption Act to inquire into the charge that facilities were provided to jailed AIADMK general secretary V.K. Sasikala Natarajan violating prison rules for monetary favours.
The state government has accepted the panel report on the allegations made by the then Deputy Inspector General of Prisons D Roopa against Rao five days ago.
The ACB is now gathering documents to conduct a detailed probe and initiate action against Rao under Section 13(1) and 13(2) of PC Act. The government order was following a report by IAS officer Vinay Kumar (retd.), who was commissioned to probe the alleged irregularities. Mr. Kumar had recently submitted his report to the government about the irregularities and recommended corrective measures.
The alleged irregularities came to light when Deputy Inspector General of Prisons D. Roopa filed a report to the DGP and also a copy to the Home Department stating that prison staff was providing VIP treatment to Sasikala in violation of the prison manual. Roopa had also alleged that many other inmates in the central prisons were provided similar facilities for monetary gain.
