Vijayanand on suspicion that he had shielded Ms. Sreelekha from an anti-corruption inquiry recommended by ADGP Tomin J. Thachankary who succeeded her as STC. In her statement to the VACB, Ms. Sreelekha portrayed herself as a victim of “29 years of harassment” by Mr. Thachankary, her “batchmate and two ranks junior”. She alleged that Mr. Thachankary was the wellspring of false imputations against her. Ms. Sreelekha had obtained an order to sue Mr. Thachankary for defamation but desisted from doing so because “he had apologised and promised never to harass her”. Ms. Sreelekha told investigators that Mr. Thachankary had wrongly depicted audit objections as allegations of corruption.

Source: The Hindu January 20, 2017 15:56 UTC