Govt doesn’t know where Chandrakala is; CBI feels she’s at her Noida flat
Accused of corruption in illegal mining case, the IAS officer, posted at present as special secretary in secondary education dept, is on study leave since August 2018; she has enrolled for MBA in Meerut’s IIMT University
MEERUT/LUCKNOW: IAS officer B Chandrakala, who has been accused of corruption in the illegal mining case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is on education leave as she had enrolled herself as a student of MBA in IIMT University, Meerut in August last year.
According to CBI sources, the IAS officer is staying at her Noida flat at present.
Meanwhile, expressing ignorance about the whereabouts of Chandrakala, a senior officer in the State Appointment Department said, “Action will be taken against her once the CBI informs the state government about the registration of FIR against her in the illegal sand mining case.
MEERUT/LUCKNOW: IAS officer B Chandrakala, who has been accused of corruption in the illegal mining case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is on education leave as she had enrolled herself as a student of MBA in IIMT University, Meerut in August last year.
A university official, on the condition of anonymity, said that Chandrakala got enrolled in MBA’s two-year course in August last year after approval of her study leave.
The official claimed that she attended classes regularly till December end and was a bright student. He, however, refused to comment where she stayed during her studies.
According to CBI sources, the IAS officer is staying at her Noida flat at present.
Chandrakala was posted as Meerut district magistrate also in 2016-17. During her tenure in Meerut, students gathered at Mall Road and created a Guinness world record by making the longest painting. She was the driving for the students’ achievement.
Meanwhile, expressing ignorance about the whereabouts of Chandrakala, a senior officer in the State Appointment Department said, “Action will be taken against her once the CBI informs the state government about the registration of FIR against her in the illegal sand mining case.
“Posted at present as special secretary in the secondary education department, she is on study leave since August 2018,” he said.
Earlier, in the NRHM scam, the state government had suspended the IAS and PCS officers after CBI arrested them.
CBI has accused Chandrakala, along with 10 others, of criminal conspiracy for illegally granting lease for mining during her posting as DM in Hamirpur in 2012.
On Saturday last, the CBI raided 14 places across Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, including
the residence Chandrakala in Lucknow and SP MLC Ramesh Kumar Mishra in Kanpur and Jalaun. The CBI also raided the residences of some mining department officials and red sand mining lease holders in the case. During the raids on Chandrakala flat in Lucknow, the CBI seized several documents and some gold jewellery from there. The CBI sleuths also recovered documents related to mining and property, around 4 kg gold and over Rs 2 crore during the raids at other places.
An IAS officer, who does not wish to be named, said along with Lucknow, Noida and Delhi,
Chandrakala has invested in land property in her home state Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. She has purchased plots in Ranga Reddy and Karimnagar districts in Telangana as well as Annapurna Nagar in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
An IAS officer of 2008 batch, she has a large following on social media.
During her stint as DM, Bulandshahar she liked to be projected as ‘Dabaang’ IAS officer and her videos reprimanding municipal corporation officers for poor quality construction of pavement and sewer line went viral.