Lucknow
Close on the heels of sacking 6,500 policemen, the Uttar Pradesh
government Tuesday ordered the dismissal of another 3,964 policemen
recruited during the earlier Mulayam Singh Yadav regime, alleging
"major irregularities" in the selection process.
The Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government also ordered
punitive action against about 50 officers, including six from the
elite Indian Police Service (IPS), who were responsible for carrying
out the recruitment exercise.
"Play of money, corruption, nepotism and other major irregularities"
were alleged as the prima facie reasons for the drastic action.
State Principal Home Secretary J.N. Chamber told a press conference
here Tuesday evening, "A high-level preliminary inquiry carried out
by additional director general of police Shailja Kant Misra found
gross irregularities in the recruitment process and had therefore
indicted these officers."
He said: "We have ordered suspension of six IPS officers while
departmental proceedings would follow against 44 others of the
junior Provincial Police Service." These included deputy
superintendents of police, superintendent of police and deputy
inspector general (DIG).
Answering queries, Chamber revealed that more cops could be fired in
the coming days.
"Bulk of the 22,000 police recruitments made by 55 separate
selection boards during the previous regime were irregular in one
way or the other," he said.
As against scanning of 15 selection boards carried out in the
earlier round of the probe, the second round looked into the
recruitment process conducted by 11 boards. Of these, only one got a
clean chit.
"The only selection board that appeared spotless was headed by
Prashant Kumar, the DIG in Saharanpur, where 310 cops were
recruited," Chamber pointed out
The matter is being referred to the anti-corruption department for a
detailed probe after which further action would follow against the
indicted officers. "Prosecution proceedings would be initiated
against those whose role was found to be dubious," he added.
On Sep 12, 14 IPS officers were suspended while disciplinary
proceedings were initiated against 51 Provincial Police Service
officers in connection with the irregularities in the selection
process in the first round, which exposed the biggest ever
recruitment scam in the history of the state.
"Since the probe is an ongoing process and so far we have scanned
less than 50 percent cases, more recruits are bound to come in the
firing line in the coming weeks," he said.
He however sought to clarify, "All those sacked would get a fair
chance at the fresh recruitment process that would be undertaken
shortly. We would even give them age relaxation wherever necessary."
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