The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the State Home Department to investigate how Crime Branch Special DG BK Sharma pursued a law course and managed to get 75 to 85 per cent attendance without attending regular classes.
The MHA has asked the probe report to be submitted within 15 days.
The MHA has reportedly taken the step basing on the complaint lodged with it by Puri-based RTI activist Jayanta Kumar Das. Das in his public grievance filed with the MHA alleged that the senior IPS officer “misused his power and position and attended regular law classes in the Utkal University law College from academic session 2011-2014 during duty hours.”
The RTI information availed by Das says that Sharma’s “attendance in the regular law classes is 85 per cent in the academic year 2011-12 and 75 per cent in 2012-13 and 2013-14.”
Notably, Sharma has also been awarded gold medal by the Utkal University for his excellent performance in the law examinations.
According to sources, the top cop allegedly pursued his law course at the Utkal University law College from 2011 to 2014 despite being on duty and having not availed of formal study leave from the competent authorities.