NEW DELHI: The Election Commission, acting on a report from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) pointing to prima facie role of public/government servants in unauthorised and unaccounted cash transactions in Madhya Pradesh during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, has directed the state chief electoral officer to lodge a criminal case against 3 IPS officers and one officer of the state police, "for violations of extant electoral and other laws".
EC, after deliberating upon the CBDT report dated October 28, 2020 on its search operations in Madhya Pradesh and its findings of extensive use of unaccounted cash during General Elections 2019 in the state, asked for a criminal complaint to be lodged before the economic offences wing against Sushovan Banerjee (IPS: 1989 batch), Sanjay Mane (IPS: 1989 batch); V Madhu Kumar (IPS: 1991 batch); and Arun Mishra (Madhya Pradesh police). It also directed the Union Home Secretary to initiate appropriate departmental action against the All India Services officers while seeking similar action by the Madhya Pradesh chief secretary against the state police officer.