Rajendran Nair, a clerk in the electrical-wing, was the ninth accused
She narrated the incident to her parents after they returned home from work on Thursday evening. (Photo: DC/File)
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A railway employee convicted in the Suryanelli sex scandal case still continues to be an employee in the Thiruvananthapuram division of the Southern Railway. Departmental action is now being initiated against him on charges of unauthorised absence.
Rajendran Nair, a clerk in the electrical-wing, was the ninth accused in the case and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10,000.
According to information provided by the Southern Railway under the Right to Information Act, the railways did not receive any information regarding the conviction. He was sanctioned 131 days leave from April 28, 2014 to September 5, 2014 and thereafter he had been on unauthorized absence. Hence departmental action was being initiated, said the information provided to RTI activist D.B.Binu.
When the conviction in the Suryanelli case came on April 5, Rajendran Nair applied for 131 days leave on April 16, citing that his father was ill and that his daughter was getting married.
Interestingly, Nair had been drawing salary from the railways even as Railway Service Rules mandate that an employee should be deemed to have been placed under suspension within 48 hours of detention in a criminal case, Binu pointed out, citing documents obtained under the RTI Act.
( Source : dc )
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