In a major setback to IRS officer Sameer Wankhede, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has decided to close an atrocities case he had filed against former colleague at Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), IPS Gyaneshwar Singh, who headed a vigilance probe that found irregularities and corruption in the drugs-on-cruise case.

After probing the serious allegations made by Wankhede against Singh, the NCSC found “no merit” in the case. Even the witnesses of Wankhede did not support the allegations. “Based on the Special Investigating Team (SIT) report regarding non-intimation/misreporting to the department which is a violation of Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 (CCS Rules), action lies on the part of his department,” reads the content of the crucial letter signed by NCSC Chairman (in-charge) Arun Haldar, sent on February 5.