Haryana Government Sacks IAS Sandeep Garg Convicted in Graft Case
- Indian Masterminds Bureau
- Published on 23 Jul 2021, 11:25 am IST
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Highlights
IAS officer Sandeep Garg, a native of Muzafarnagar in Uttar Pradesh, was convicted by the Delhi special CBI court in April 2016. Along with him, some of his family members were also convicted.
- Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
After getting convicted in the graft case, 1991 batch IAS officer Sandeep Garg was terminated from his service by the Haryana government. This makes him the second senior IAS officer in the state who has been dismissed over corruption charges.
The order was formally issued by the Chief Secretary of Haryana, Vijai Vardhan.
Senior bureaucrat Sandeep Garg was convicted by the CBI court in Delhi, in April 2016, for amassing assets worth around Rs 3.36 crore, disproportionate to his known sources of income. He was under suspension since his conviction by the CBI court in the graft case.
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