Can’t share info on officer who probed Ishrat files: Centre

NEW DELHI: The home ministry has declined to share details of file notings related to the extension of service granted to senior IAS officer BK Prasad, who probed

Published on: Jul 11, 2016, 11:29:23 IST

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NEW DELHI: The home ministry has declined to share details of file notings related to the extension of service granted to senior IAS officer BK Prasad, who probed the missing files related to the alleged fake encounter killing of Ishrat Jahan, saying being an adjunct to proposal of a cabinet panel, it cannot be disclosed. The ministry was asked to provide copies of file notings on the two-month extension given to Prasad who was to superannuate on May 31, 2016.

The papers on Jahan, which disappeared from the ministry, include the copy of an affidavit vetted by the then attorney general and submitted to the high court. As the file notings are an adjunct to an Appointments Committee of Cabinet proposal, the same is exempted under Section 8 (1) (I) of the transparency law, the ministry said in reply to an RTI query.

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