PM acknowledges VS Achuthanandan letter against Chief Secretary Bharat Bhushan
Achuthanandan asked for initiating a probe against CS E K Bharat Bhushan
By : Gilvester Assary
Update: 2014-08-19 05:24 GMT
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally acknowledged the letter written by Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan requesting a 'reference' to Central Vigilance Commission under Section 8 (1) (c) of the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003, for initiating a probe against Chief Secretary Mr E. K. Bharat Bhushan in view of the allegations that he had acquired assets outside state including in Mumbai, UP and Mangalore, disproportionate to known sources of income.
“I have received your letter of July 25 , 2014 raising allegations against E K Bharat Bhushan, IAS (KL:79) Chief Secretary of Kerala,” stated the letter signed by Modi himself.
In a letter to Mr Modi, he said; “I have seen Bhushan's Annual Immovable Property Returns (IPR) from the year 2011 till 2014, which are available on line. He has suppressed crucial information required to be disclosed in column 4, where the officer is expected to declare the actual value of acquired properties. In all four years, he has avoided reporting the income from properties held by himself and members of his family,’’ Mr Achuthanandan said.