CBI books ex-Director General of Indian Coast Guard for ‘altering’ confidential reports of officers

“It is simply a alleged that a practice connected Rakesh Pal, the past IG (ICG) was received successful the bureau of Defence Secretary, raising the contented of alleged deliberate simplification successful numerical appraisal of his ACRs/dossiers for depriving him of his adjacent imaginable promotion to the fertile of ADG successful forthcoming Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) successful 2019,” the FIR said.

“Inquiry has revealed that instances of alteration person been recovered successful the ACRs/dossiers of galore officers, non-initiation certificate (NICs) recovered to beryllium not successful bid arsenic they are not successful congruence with the transfer/posting illustration of the acrophobic serviceman and initiating officers. NICs person been submitted three-four years aft passing of the reporting period. The tampered/altered ACRs/dossiers of IG Pal were utilized successful 2019 erstwhile the ACRs were nether the nonstop custody of past DG K Natarajan,” the FIR said.

Natarajan was appointed arsenic Director General of ICG successful 2019. Prior to that, helium was the Coast Guard Commander of Western Seaboard, considered to beryllium delicate due to the fact that of its jurisdiction that ranges from the Gujarat seashore adjoining Pakistan to the Kerala seashore down south. Commissioned into the unit successful 1984, helium has had the favoritism of holding important bid and unit appointments, some afloat and ashore.