A non-government anti-corruption watchdog on Thursday said it would set up a fact finding committee to probe suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal in order to support and encourage honest government servants in the system. The issue is "disturbing" and "in order to find out the correct picture,we have decided to set up a fact finding committee",said,Dr S K Agarwal,vice chairman of Transparency International India. The members of this committee will be decided very soon. He said that officers are mostly honest when they join the government,but continued pressure from politicians forces them to either succumb or quit. "Those who do neither,face the brunt,like in case of Durga Sakthi," he said. Nagpal,a 2010-batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre,was suspended on July 27 ostensibly for ordering demolition of wall of a mosque without following due process. The officer,as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar,had cracked down on sand mafia active in that area of Uttar Pradesh. According to Transparency International's opinion poll 'Daily Lives and Corruption' released in June,more than 86 per cent of those surveyed perceived political parties to be the most corrupt institution of the country.
