Two IPS officers suspended in Bihar

 

He was charged with amassing disproportionate assets and indulging in criminal conspiracy

Two Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of Bihar cadre were suspended on Tuesday in connection with disproportionate assets and criminal conspiracy.

Purnea Superintendent of Police Daya Shankar, a 2014-batch IPS officer, was suspended by the Bihar Special Vigilance Unit after raids on their premises in Purnea and Patna recently and found them accumulating disproportionate assets worth Rs 71 lakh. went. Raids were also conducted at the residence of a police inspector in Purnia town and a constable posted in the secret office of SP Dayashankar in Purnia.

Another IPS officer and former senior superintendent of police of 2011 batch, Aditya Kumar was also suspended in the criminal conspiracy and cheating cases registered against him and his business partner Abhishek Agarwal, who allegedly made several calls to the state director. Were. Police General S.K. Singhal impersonates the Chief Justice of the Patna High Court to withdraw the cases against IPS officer Aditya Kumar for violating the state's anti-liquor laws.

The DGP had reportedly replied in "confirmation" to Mr. Agarwal. Mr Kumar was appointed as AIG (Inspection) at the Police Headquarters in August this year after a complaint was received against him that being Gaya SSP he was violating anti-prohibition laws and from Gaya in February this year. was transferred.

The thug Mr. Agarwal is said to have been lodged in Tihar Jail in 2018 in connection with such fraud and is also said to be close to several IAS and IPS officers of the state. He does the business of selling floor tiles. The Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) had on October 15 registered a case against IPS officer Aditya Kumar and his accomplice Abhishek Agarwal under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act.

Earlier, Bhojpur SP Rakesh Dubey and Aurangabad Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Porika were suspended in 2021 for their alleged links with illegal sand mining mafia in the state.