Promote me or Ill kill myself: MP Dalit IAS officer

IAS officer Ramesh Thete has threatened to commit suicide in front of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretarys office if he was not promoted to the post of secretary.

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IAS officer Ramesh Thete has threatened to commit suicide in front of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretarys office if he was not promoted to the post of secretary.

The Dalit officer alleged that he was being discriminated against because of his caste,and has written to the SC/ST Commission describing how some upper caste bureaucrats had been promoted despite pending corruption cases against them.

The Lokayukta had recently sought the governments permission to prosecute Thete in an old case of corruption.

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The 1993-batch officer said he appeared before the departmental promotion committee a few days ago and learnt that the anti-corruption watchdog had revived the old case. A DPC member told him that though he was fit for promotion it could happen only after the Lokayuktas case was over.

The bureaucrat said the MP High Court had ruled in his favour and yet the Lokayukta wanted to file a fresh case after seeking permission to prosecute him.

Thete said the government should set up a probe committee to check the veracity of the documents submitted by the Lokayukta,and he be given an opportunity to present his case.

If the documents are found genuine I should be punished,if not cases should be registered against Lokayuukta officials, Thete told The Indian Express alleging that there was a conspiracy to deny him promotion. He said if the MP government does neither he would be forced to take his life.

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The Lokayukta had raided Thetes house in 2002 after he was caught taking a bribe. A case of disproportionate assets was slapped against him.

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