Sukhu ka samosa, which wasn’t: Why Himachal CID is probing an order for CM

What’s worse, arsenic per sources adjacent to the CM, Sukhu does not adjacent person samosas. The CM precocious recovered from an illness, and the spicy, oily savoury is disconnected his menu.

Sources said, “The constabulary unit served the amusement origin notices are successful the process of signaling their last statements earlier a DSP-rank probe officer, who has recommended strict disciplinary enactment against the five.” The DSP concerned, Vikram Chauhan, submitted the probe study to the IG (CID) connected October 25.

Spotting a blistery murphy successful the samosa row, peculiarly the “anti-government” label, the BJP has accused the Himachal authorities of being much acrophobic astir the CM’s meals than the people’s problems. “It appears the authorities is not funny successful immoderate developmental enactment and is solely focused connected food,” BJP MLA and media in-charge Randhir Sharma said.

Elaborating the series of events connected October 21, a root said: “CM Sukhu had gone to the CID Headquarters to inaugurate a Cyber Wing presumption erstwhile an Inspector General (IG)-rank officer, who was not alert that the CM did not person samosas, instructed a sub-inspector to fetch 3 boxes of samosas and cakes from Hotel Radisson Blue for him. After the eatables were brought to the CID headquarters, these were served to the CM’s information staff.”

The database of those contiguous astatine the CID Headquarters astatine the clip ran impressively long. The constabulary brass included the DGP, CID, S R Ojha; IG Santosh Patial; DIG (Crime) D K Chaudhary; and DIG (Cyber Crime) Mohit Chawla, among others, portion Sukhu was accompanied by section MLA Harish Janartha and Rural Development and Panchyati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh.

In his probe report, DSP Vikram Chauhan wrote that the sub-inspector told by the IG to get immoderate eatables “in crook directed an adjunct sub-inspector and a caput constable to bring the refreshments”. “The ASI and the caput constable fetched the refreshments from the edifice successful 3 sealed boxes and informed the SI.”

At slightest 2 of the constabulary unit among the 5 who person been served show-cause notices told the probe serviceman that erstwhile they asked the Tourism Department unit connected work (who usually service refreshments astatine CM functions) whether the snacks successful the 3 boxes were to beryllium served to the CM, they were told those were not successful his menu.

Sources said the 2 apprised the sub-inspector of this. The probe besides says that lone the sub-inspector was alert that the 3 boxes were for Sukhu.

Next, the pistillate inspector to whom the nutrient items were handed implicit seemingly gave the aforesaid to the Mechanical Transport section, which was assigned the task of arranging the refreshments, without consulting a elder officer.

One of the constabulary unit has deposed earlier DSP Chauhan that he, successful turn, was told to service the worldly to 10-12 radical sitting successful the bureau of an IG, and hence the eatables were served to them.

Apart from indicting the 5 constabulary officials, the probe study accuses them of acting successful an “anti-CID” and “anti-government manner”, “according to their ain agenda”, frankincense depriving VIPs of the refreshments.

A adjacent adjutant of Sukhu said the CM could hardly beryllium blamed for the slips betwixt the cupful and the lip. “Samosas, pakoras etc are kept retired of Sukhu’s fare owed to definite wellness issues. He has been told to restrain from oily things. This information is known to astir each authorities office, section which invites him.”