A bureaucrat’s rare feat
A bureaucrat who has been dealing with the chief minister relief fund (CMRF) has succeeded in tightening noose around the government officials who made it a habit to draw medical expenses from both their respective departments as well as from CMRF, using their proximity to some politicians. The bureaucrat applied a simple thing to stop them from getting away with the double payment malpractice. The bureaucrat unleashed the local Intelligence Unit (lIU) on them to pry into them. Unnerved, the officials prayed to the bureaucrat to rid them of the lIU’s prying eyes. Finding them in the plight he had goaded them to land into, the bureaucrat asked them to give a written undertaking, stating clearly that they would not any longer withdraw money from the CMRF, flaunting their clout with the politicians. According to sources, the number of the officials who used to avail themselves of the double payment both from their departments and the CMRF for a long time is considerably large.
Idle preaching
A senior IPS officer is now engaged in cursing the system and the media alike. Notably, the cop failed to grab a plum post in Kumaon division despite relentless lobbying for some time. Presently, he preaches feverishly to whoever visits him, pouring his anger over the conscience of the system having stopped pricking. His main target is, however, the media. He loves to hate media for its ingrained habit to reflect police always in the negative light. He tends to gloss over the fact that the cops are not doing any charity for the people. The media’s role is to expose where they falter and not to glorify what they are duty-bound to do. A police officer confided that the IPS is trying his best to come to the mainstream policing. He stayed put in one particular place for more than three years.