The missing of files by Coal ministry amounts to stonewalling the probe by destruction of evidences. This amounts to contempt of court. Importance of fair investigation stands universally diluted by the UPA-II. One trusts, the Hon’ble Supreme will, ensure widening the scope of investigation by CBI to cover the missing files. The Search Committee constituted by the Coal ministry in the wake of SC’s indictment, is a charade. It met only once. The custodian of files in coal ministry, has not been show-caused,let alone quizzed.No penalty has been awarded to those responsible for safe custody of records. The Office manual of GOI prescribes detailed guidelines on Record Management including file tracking within ministry and other ministries. The role of PMO, Law and Coal, is under the cloud. The officers in these departments have not been quizzed ,till date.Is the CBI under presuure?This is what ,the Apex court would like to ascertain, to avoid travesty of justice. The nee
dle of suspicion clearly points to someone ,at whose behest, the entire cover-up operation has been carried out. If the authority, extra-Constitutional or otherwise, is not identified and punished, the public faith in the democratic and Constitutional mechanism would be shaken irreversibly. Coal minister’s excuse that details of missing files could not be known as the boxes containing the relevant records,are stacked “vertically” and not “horizontally”, exposes Congress’s hypocricy and naivete. The solution is simple. Let the Coal ministry register the FIR at police station of Delhi Police followed by CBI’s interrogation of all officers of Coal, Law and the PMO (including PM’s aides),without regard to their status.
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