3 detained for trying to force entry into lokayukta's office

Three activists were on Monday detained when they tried to meet MP lokayukta, retired Supreme Court Justice PP Naolekar here to request him to step down and refuse an extension by the state government.

Under a 'lokayukta Go Home Campaign' launched on Monday by different social organisations here, the activists are requesting Naolekar to quit the post of lokayukta as he has been in the chair for last six years.

Activist Ajay Dubey along with Manoj Tripathi and Deepu Yadav were detained under CrPC sections 151 (preventive arrest) and 107 when they were trying to enter the lokayukta office, head constable Sanjeev Khatiyar said.

“We want Justice PP Naolekar to go as he has completed his six years' tenure in office. The one-year extension to him from the state Cabinet had come as a gift to him,” Dubey told while being in Shahjehanabad police custody.

“The lokayukta office has given clean chit to many members of the Cabinet following complaints against them. So he had been gifted with the extension," alleged Dubey, a member of Transparency International, adding, “Our campaign will continue come what may till Justice Naolekar resigns.”

His continuation will weaken democracy in Madhya Pradesh, he alleged. The State Cabinet had in August last year extended Justice Naolekar's term by a year. With this extension, he will continue in office till he turns 72.