Around a week after the chargesheet was submitted in the court by the CID into the infamous Honey trap scandal, senior IAS officer of the Kamal Nath Government has sought an appointment from the chief secretary to plead his innocence.
On Saturday, General Administration Department (GAD) had reportedly issued a notice to PC Meena, director Tribal Affairs asking him to explain his name finding a mention in the CID chargesheet.
Around two months ago a sleaze video had went viral and it was alleged that the IAS officer in the video was Meena.
Bolstering this suspicion, CID chargesheet quoting the honey trapping accused had mentioned that Meena head paid a sum of Rs 20 lakh after being blackmailed by the racket.
Meanwhile, in the letter written to the chief secretary, the IAS officer has pleaded innocence in the entire matter.
The senior officer in the viral letter has that after the said 'forged' video had went viral six months ago, he kept a low profile after informing the department of Home and principal secretary of his department.
But, the officer said, the latest claim in the chargesheet has not only threatened his personal safety but is giving tough time to him and his family mentally. Citing all these reasons, the senior officer has requested chief secretary for an appointment so that he could brief him about the exact situation. Besides Meena, the CID chargesheet had mentioned involvement of another IAS officer in the honey trap scandal but his name wasn't specified in the document as the accused told the police that they could not remember the name of that officer.