: The clamour for immediate termination of corrupt state officials has increased in the backdrop of the Central Bureau of Investigation removing from service one of its inspectors who was caught accepting bribes in Madhya Pradesh. A day after the MP incident, the Telangana Anti Corruption Bureau conducted a raid against ACP T.S.
Umamaheswara Rao rao of the Hyderabad Central Crime Station (CCS). Apart from allegations of amassing wealth by collecting bribes all through his service, the police official, in the instant case, was booked for extorting the directors of Saahiti Infra under the guise of making the company repay the customers to whom it owes crores of rupees. “It is a fit case for termination invoking Article 311 of the Constitution.
There were precedents in Telangana police also,” a senior ACB official told . “As a uniformed government servant, he is expected to abide by the law and protect the people,” the ACB official said adding that Umamaheshwara Rao had collected money from the infra company on the one hand and chased away the customers in whose name the money was collected. Earlier, at least in three instances, police terminated the services of two constables who were committing robberies by joining a gang, an inspector for raping a woman and another sub-inspector for getting involved in theft of vehicles.
“We have to establish that further inquiry is not required because the evidence found during the raid itself is sufficient to terminate the accused.