Ranchi: An FIR has been filed against Jharkhand Independent MLA Saryu Roy at a police station in Ranchi for allegedly disclosing “secret papers” under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Official Secrets Act, an officer said today.
The police case was lodged against the Jamshedpur (East) MLA by under secretary of state health department Vijay Verma for allegedly leaking secret documents, police station in-charge Ramesh Kumar told news agency Press Trust of India.
“FIR has been lodged under different sections of IPC and Officials Secrets Act,” he said.
Mr Kumar said that they would carry out an investigation into the matter and would take action accordingly.
Mr Roy accused state Health Minister Banna Gupta of misusing his office and illegally and unethically disbursing Covid incentives equivalent to one month’s basic salary to 60 employees in the Health Minister’s cell, including himself, his personal assistant, and other staff. The FIR or police case was filed barely a month after Mr Roy accused Mr Gupta of misusing his office and disbursing Covid incentives equivalent to one month’s basic salary to 60 employees in the Health Minister’s cell
The minister, on the other hand, called the allegations “false and fabricated” and issued a legal notice on April 18 demanding an unconditional public apology from Roy.
On the lodging of FIR against him, Mr Roy told Press Trust of India, “…They (govt) can lodge FIR or arrest me. It doesn’t mean I will get scared and will leave raising issues of corruption. I have been fighting against corruption since 1982 and will be doing so.”
“It is not important how I found the papers. The important things is that government should tell if these papers are true or not,” he said.
After quitting the BJP after being denied a party ticket, Saryu Roy beat former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das in the Jamshedpur (East) constituency in 2019.
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