New Delhi, June 26: Two IAS officers have been dismissed and nine IPS officers suspended on corruption charges in the last five years, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday adding that during last five years, i.e., May 2014 to May 2019, sanction for prosecution under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, was granted against 23 officers of Indian Administrative Service and four officers of Indian Police Service.
After obtaining sanction of the central government, the state government or investigating agency files the charge sheets to prosecute the accused IAS / IPS officer before the court of law, the minister said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
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