Alok Kumar has asked Karnataka's chief secretary to correct the state's submission before the Supreme Court. He maintains that official records show no CBI or departmental proceeding remains pending against him.
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Bengaluru,Oct 14, 2026 18:10 IST
Karnataka Director General of Police (Prisons) Alok Kumar has objected to the state government's submission before the Supreme Court that a CBI investigation was pending against him, government sources said. The submission was made while opposing the Karnataka High Court's decision to appoint him as the head of a special investigation team to probe alleged irregularities in the Karnataka Public Service Commission.
In a letter dated October 5 to Karnataka Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, Kumar sought urgent intervention to correct what he described as a factually incorrect claim. He said the submission had unnecessarily drawn him into the controversy and raised questions about his professional integrity and reputation.
The Supreme Court had on October 1 stayed the High Court order constituting the SIT under Kumar and scheduled a further hearing for October 12. A copy of Kumar's letter is with PTI.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the state government, had opposed Kumar's appointment on the ground that a CBI investigation into telephone-tapping allegations from his tenure as Bengaluru Police Commissioner was pending.
"The statements made before the Hon'ble Supreme Court by Shri Kapil Sibal are contrary to the factual position reflected in the official records," Kumar said.
Kumar said the CBI investigation into the telephone-tapping case had been officially closed. The agency's closure report was accepted by a CBI special court on February 13, 2024. He cited the court order, which recorded that the complainant had no objection to the closure report.
He said the state government had decided in May 2023 that no departmental inquiry was required against him after examining his representation challenging the CBI's recommendation for disciplinary action.
According to the letter, Kumar had challenged a show-cause notice and chargesheet issued to him on May 9, 2025, before the Central Administrative Tribunal. After a split verdict by the tribunal's Bengaluru Bench, its chairman struck down the notice and chargesheet in an order dated October 14, 2025, and directed that consequential benefits be granted.
The state government challenged the tribunal chairman's order before the Karnataka High Court on October 31, 2025. Kumar said the High Court had declined to stay the tribunal's order and the matter remained pending.
"Therefore, as on today, no CBI investigation/ enquiry or departmental enquiry or proceeding is pending against me in relation to the matter referred to before the Hon'ble Supreme Court," he said.
Kumar also said the CBI's preliminary inquiry, submitted on January 5, 2022, had found no criminality and had only advised the state government to take action as it considered appropriate against three officers, including him.
He said the inquiry concerned telephone-tapping allegations between September 2018 and August 2019, while he had served as Bengaluru Police Commissioner only from June 17 to August 2, 2019. According to him, the then chief minister had considered his representation and explanation and ordered that no inquiry or disciplinary proceedings were required. He added that the relevant files and official notes were later examined by the tribunal.
Kumar expressed concern that the submissions before the Supreme Court had received media coverage. He also clarified that he had neither approached the High Court seeking appointment as SIT chairman nor expressed any desire to head the team. He said the High Court had named him to the position in its September 21, 2026, order.
The SIT was constituted by a Karnataka High Court judge to investigate alleged large-scale irregularities in KPSC recruitment. These included the appointment of veterinary doctors and allegations concerning the appointment of KPSC Chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar's daughters as industrial officers.
As the state government is required to file an affidavit before the Supreme Court, Kumar urged the chief secretary to ensure that its legal team was informed about the relevant court orders and official records. He also asked that the affidavit contain no incorrect or unverified allegations against him and that the correct factual position be presented to the court.
Kumar's letter, therefore, seeks a correction of the state's claim about a pending CBI investigation and asks the government to place the relevant records before the Supreme Court while responding to the case concerning his appointment as SIT chief.
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