In an important decision, the high court of Chhattisgarh on Monday clarified its earlier order of ‘no coercive action’ and has given go ahead to Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of the state to probe any criminal offence committed by Yasmin Singh--wife of Aman Singh, a former principal secretary to erstwhile chief minister Raman Singh.
The court of Justice Gautam Bhaduri clarifying its earlier order, however, said that no action should be taken against Singh followed by the departmental probe initiated by the state government.
Notable, apart from EOW probe, a parallel investigation by an inquiry committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary Renu Pillai has been initiated by State government into charges of improper contractual appointment of Yasmin.
The EOW probe against Singh is for alleged financial irregularities undertaken by her being a Katthak dancer in government sponsored programmes.
Yasmin Singh, during the previous BJP regime was appointed as director communication and capacity development unit (CCDU) of the Public Health and Engineering (PHE) department on contractual basis.