Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday ordered a probe by the ACB into the forgery of signatures of tribal welfare and tourism minister Azmeera Chandu Lal.
The government had received complaints that some employees in minister’s peshi and the tribal welfare department had forged the minister’s signatures and issued recommendation letters seeking jobs, transfers, promotions besides referring land disputes, police cases etc., to officials concerned to favour certain individuals.
There were also complaints that several important files were cleared by staff without the knowledge of the minister. Official sources said these irregularities happened in 2015, when the minister was facing health problems.
The minister, who was shocked to know about the forgery in his own department, is said to have taken up the issue with the CM and requested him to order an inquiry into the issue.
The CM ordered an ACB probe and on Monday, ACB officials took two accused into custody and questioned them. The minister was not available for comment.
