PATNA: Two Indian Police Service (IPS) officers have been suspended by the Nitish Kumar authorities in Bihar on Tuesday. The Bihar dwelling division issued orders to droop Daya Shankar, a 2014 batch IPS officer posted as superintendent of police, Purnia district, and his senior, 2011 bach IPS officer Aditya Kumar.
Aditya Kumar’s suspension comes simply two days after the financial offences unit of Bihar registered a case towards him and his affiliate who known as up the state director basic of police SK Singhal posing because the Patna excessive courtroom chief justice Sanjay Karol and suggested Singhal to scrap a case registered towards Kumar. On Monday, the Bihar police stated the person accused of constructing the cellphone name, Abhishek Agrawal had been arrested.
Officers stated the suspension orders have been issued after a name from chief minister Nitish Kumar who inquired in regards to the motion taken towards the Purnia district SP following the vigilance raid per week in the past.
The vigilance raids at places linked to Daya Shankar have been the third occasion of the particular vigilance unit appearing towards an IPS officer because the unit was arrange in 2006. The primary IPS officer to come back beneath the particular unit’s radar was former director basic of police Narayan Mishra in 2007.
Based on the SVU, officers seized ₹2.96 lakh money and jewelry value ₹28 lakh from Daya Shankar’s residence in Purnia, ₹1.52 lakh money from his two flats and a store on Biscuit Manufacturing unit Highway at Danapur in Patna.
Further director basic (SVU) NH Khan stated Daya Shankar alleged acquired big immovable property in his and his spouse’s names in Patna. “The SP’s private workers, officers, bodyguards and others are additionally concerned in his money-minting pursuit,” Khan alleged, including that the sleuths additionally raided residences of SP’s shut associates, together with SHO of Sadar police station Sanjay Kumar Singh, the SP’s aide Niraj Kumar Singh, constable Sawan Kumar and a builder Sanjeev Kumar.
The SVU additionally accused Daya Shankar of spending ₹67 lakh on the interiors of his flat.
Tuesday’s dwelling division order on Aditya Kumar who was posted as Assistant Inspector Common (Inspection), cited a case registered towards him by financial offences unit to stress the police chief to take administrative choices that favour the IPS officer.