Bengaluru, Oct. 14 -- Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar, DG Prisons and Correctional Services, has written to Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, contesting the State Government's submissions before the Supreme Court questioning his integrity.

In his representation, Kumar said he was distressed that his name was dragged into controversy when Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Karnataka on October 1, opposed his appointment as head of the SIT constituted by the Karnataka High Court to probe alleged irregularities in KPSC recruitment exams.

Sibal had submitted that Kumar was facing a pending CBI probe in the 2019 phone-tapping case. Kumar said the claim is factually incorrect.

He pointed out that the CBI filed a closure report - B-repo...