NEW DELHI, Feb 05: India union home secretary Anil Goswami resigned Wednesday, hours after he admitted that he had called up CBI officers to dissuade them from summoning former Union minister Matang Sinh for questioning in Kolkata and then arresting him in the Saradha chit fund scam, according to website reports.
Goswami will be succeeded by L C Goyal, a 1979 batch IAS officer belonging to the Kerala cadre, who was secretary, rural development ministry. Goyal has earlier served as joint secretary (internal security) in the home ministry from 2002 to 2007. He will have a fixed tenure of two years.
Goswami's acknowledgement that he had tried to intervene in the Saradha probe on behalf of Sinh came at his meeting with home minister Rajnath Singh here on Wednesday. He was called by Singh on his return from an official tour to Jammu on Tuesday evening to clarify why he had intervened on behalf of Sinh.
TOI had reported Wednesday that the home secretary would be asked by the home minister for a clarification and face strict action if the allegations against him were found to be true.
Even as Goswami tried to justify his intervention, the minister was unconvinced about the desirability of his interceding with CBI for someone being probed for involvement in the Saradha scam.
Indian home secy quits
FE Team | Published: February 06, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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