HC directs CBI to submit report of probe conducted against IPS officer Seemant Kumar Singh

The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to submit a report on the investigations carried out against Seemant Kumar Singh, Additional Director-General of Police, in connection with his role in illegal mining cases as he had served as the Superintendent of Police of Ballari during 2010. Sandesh issued the direction after the State government counsel informed the court that the CBI had conducted searches at his residence and offices during 2013 in connection with the illegal mining cases but it had not made any recommendations against Mr. Singh and the seized materials were returned to him. Service records summoned The court, during an earlier hearing on July 4, had summoned Mr. Singh’s service records after pointing out that he and the ACB had failed to arraign J. Manjunath, then Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban district, in a bribery case despite having sufficient material, till the court found fault with their inaction. Singh files petition seeking expunging of remarks Mr. Singh on Thursday filed a petition before the High Court seeking expunging of remarks made against him and for restraining the judge from either considering his service records or making any remarks against him.