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\ Vijayan also questioned the recent statement of CBI in Vijayan also questioned the recent statement of CBI in\the high court that it was ready to probe the complaint that\Thomas had indulged in a private teaching job and received\pecuniary benefits while on leave.\ \\"The forces that did not want Thomas to remain in the\post were suspected to be behind this,\\" he said.\ Vijayan said in view of complaints arising against senior\officials, a new system would be introduced to find out the\veracity of the complaint. The Vigilance would start a quick\verification on it only after that, he said.\ The chief minister also dismissed the Congress-led UDF\opposition\\’s charge that serious infighting was on among civil\servants in the state and the administration had come to a\standstill.\ Yesterday, a team of IAS officials, led by IAS Association\president Tom Jose, met Chief Secretary M S Vijayanand and\expressed dissatisfaction over the functioning of VACB\Director.\ They had said that certain actions of the director had\demoralised civil servants. PTI LGK JRK UD RC\SC\