Government alleged that he did not submit the original CDs containing mobile phone call records related to the 2002 communal riots.
Earlier Gujarat High Court rejected the writ petition of Sharma who had moved court asking why documents were not been given to him which could help him build his defence in replying to a showcause notice served to him by the Narendra Modi government in connection with the Gujarat riots.
“Rahul Sharma was today served the copy of the chargesheet,” State Government spokesperson Jaynarayan Vyas told media persons here.
Sharma, who confirmed he has received the copy, was chargesheeted after his notice period ended Friday.
The DIG rank officer was served the first notice on January 27 and the final one on July 28, seeking his reply within 15 days.
In the chargesheet, the IPS officer has been accused of gross misconduct under Section 3(1) of All India Service Rules 1969. He has been accused of not submitting the CDs containing phone call records during the post-Godhra riots to respective Investigating Officers of Naroda Gam, Naroda Patia and Gulburg Society cases.
Rahul Sharma, the 1992 batch IPS officer from the Gujarat cadre, has been eyesore for the Narendra Modi government since the beginning of the communal violence in Gujarat in 2002.
Sharma was transferred to Bhavnagar from Vadodara, where he was the Western Railways SP, just before February 27, 2002 – the day the Sabarmati Express was torched. Incidentally, Godhra – where the train was burnt – falls under the jurisdiction of the Western Railways SP Vadodara.
At his new posting, Sharma ensured that peace was maintained in the district during his brief stint there. His seniors were rattled because Sharma, in his line of duty, had opened fire on a Hindu mob which was on its way to attack a Madarsa in Bhavnagar town.
Subsequently, he was shunted to the low-profile post of DCP, Ahmedabad police control room, on April 8, 2002. Since then Modi government is after him.