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KPSC Row: Complaint Filed With Governor Over Misinformation To Supreme Court
- •A formal complaint has been lodged with the Governor alleging that the government provided false information to the Supreme Court regarding police officer Alok Kumar.
- •Social activist Dinesh Kallahalli filed the complaint, pointing out that incomplete details were submitted concerning a closed phone-tapping case.
- •The complaint states that the CBI had already submitted a B report in 2024 which was accepted by the court, yet it was presented as a pending investigation.
- •Following Supreme Court directions to replace two officers in the SIT probing KPSC irregularities, the government excluded Alok Kumar and Divya Gopinath.
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Social activist Dinesh Kallahalli lodged a complaint with the Governor alleging that the government provided false and incomplete information to the Supreme Court regarding a phone-tapping case against police officer Alok Kumar, where the CBI had already submitted a 'B' report accepted by the court in 2024, implying the investigation was still pending and damaging the officer's professional reputation.
The state government appealed to the Supreme Court that the CID investigation was already 80 percent complete and a new SIT would hamper the probe, prompting the Supreme Court to direct the replacement of two officers, leading the government to exclude Alok Kumar and Divya Gopinath.
The Supreme Court directed that two officers be replaced by suggesting alternative names to the High Court, allowing both parties to argue before the High Court selects the officers, and ordered that the CID should not submit its final report to the court until then.
