Bengaluru, Aug 29: The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given a clean chit to former IPS officer Kempaiah, adviser to the Home Minister, in the fake caste certificate case.
The complainant had filed several certificates, including school certificates, indicating that Kempaiah belonged to Kuruba and not Kadu Kuruba. Kadu Kuruba is an ST community whereas Kuruba is a backward community.
The ACB closed the complaint after receiving a report from the Directorate of Civil Rights Enforcement (DCRE) which certified that Kempaiah belongs to Kadu Kuruba community.
Earlier, in 2016, DCRE had claimed that certain vital documents pertaining to the false caste certificate case were missing. The complaint was filed by activist Dinesh Kallahalli. The ACB had sought a report from DCRE since the complaint was not directly connected to an offence under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Kallahalli had claimed that DCRE had indicted Kempaiah for submitting a false certificate in 1990. In February 2017, DCRE submitted a report to the ACB stating that though there was a report by then IGP C Dinakar alleging Kempaiah had submitted a false certificate, the Social Welfare Department stated that he belonged to Kadu Kuruba.
The DCRE report also quoted a paragraph from Kempaiah’s letter to the department in February 2017, where he has accused certain activists of unnecessarily dragging the issue for publicity and to hurt him. He also attached a 2010 report submitted by the then Revenue Inspector and approved by the tahsildar.
“In the report, it is stated that the Revenue Inspector had visited Gollahalli village at Kasaba hobli in Kanakapura taluk.
“He had certified that Kempaiah belonged to Kadu Kuruba community.’’ Based on this report, DCRE wrote to ACB confirming the same.
Kallahalli, a resident of Kanakapura taluk, said that neither the ACB nor the DCRE has attempted to verify the certificates submitted by him. “I had submitted documents from the school where he studied. I have no faith in the ACB which is in the control of the state government,’’ he said.
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