KOCHI: Protector of Emigrants (PoE), Kochi, L Adolphus — the first accused in nursing recruitment scam involving four agencies — has been suspended from service. An official order to this effect has been issued by the protector general of emigrants, Delhi, said CBI sources.
Adolphus was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his role in the multi-crore recruitment scam on June 15. He is currently in judicial custody. "The official was disqualified as PoE after his arrest. He will be in custody for three more days," said CBI sources.
If a government servant is detained in custody for a period exceeding 48 hours, he is deemed to have been placed under suspension by an order of the appointing authority with effect from the date of detention.
After his arrest, a senior official with the Kochi office is handling the post. Officials at the PoE office said they have not received any order regarding the appointment of a new person to head the post. Adolphus' role in the scam was revealed after income tax department raided the office of Al Zarafa Travel and Manpower Consultants run by a Kottayam native M V Varghese alias Uthup.
Income tax officials had seized unaccounted money to the tune of Rs 4.88 core from Al Zarafa's office. The agency had collected Rs 20 lakh each from job aspirants though the permitted service charge was Rs19,000.
A CBI inquiry proved that the firm had illegally collected money from nurses with the knowledge of Adolphus. CBI later arraigned him as the first accused in connection with similar illegal recruitments conducted by three more agencies — Pan Asian Tours and Travels, Mathew International and J K International. Though CBI had found Adolphus guilty, he was allowed to continue in his post. Emigration initiated action to suspend the official only after his arrest.
Protector of Emigrants (PoE), Kochi, L Adolphus — the first accused in nursing recruitment scam involving four agencies — has been suspended from his post. An official order with this effect has been issued by the protector general of emigrants, Delhi, said CBI sources.
Adolphus was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for his role in the multi-crore recruitment scam on June 15. He is currently in judicial custody.
"The official was disqualified to discharge his duties as POE with the arrest and further custody of three days. However, an official order from the emigration department has been issued in the wake of the arrest," said CBI sources.
If a government servant is detained in custody for a period exceeding 48 hours, he will be deemed to have been placed under suspension by an order of the appointing authority with effect from the date of detention.
After his arrest, a senior official with Kochi office is handling the post. Officials with the POE office said they have not received any order regarding the appointment of a new person to head the post.
Adolphus' role in the scam came out after income tax department raided the office of Al Zarafa Travel and Manpower Consultants run by a Kottayam native M V Varghese alias Uthup.
Income tax had seized unaccounted money to the tune of Rs 4.88 core from Al Zarafa's office. The agency had collected Rs 20 lakh each from job aspirants though the permitted service charge was Rs19,000. A CBI inquiry proved that the firm had illegally collected money from nurses with the knowledge of Adolphus. CBI later arraigned him as the first accused in connection with similar illegal recruitments conducted by three more agencies -- Pan Asian Tours and Travels, Mathew International and J K International.
Though CBI had found Adolphus guilty when Al Zarafa's recruitments were identified illegal, he was allowed to continue the post. Emigration initiated action to suspend the official only after his arrest.
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