The Chhattisgarh
Government, on Saturday, placed Mukesh Gupta (IPS:1988:CG) under suspension
with immediate effect under the provisions of All India Services (Discipline
and Appeal) Rules 1969. Presently,
Gupta is posted as Special Director General, Police HQ Raipur. During the
period, he will be stationed at PHQ Raipur. In addition, IPS officer Rajnesh Singh (State Police Service) too was placed under suspension under the same provision. It may be
mentioned that the Chhattisgarh police had on Friday booked two senior Indian
Police Service (IPS) officers — Mukesh Gupta and Rajnesh Singh — on charges of
illegal phone tapping and destroying of evidence during their probe into the
alleged PDS scam which took place during previous BJP Govt. The investigation
of the case was handled by anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the Chhattisgarh
police headed by Gupta. It may be
underlined that Hours before the announcement of the Assembly Elections
schedule in Chhattisgarh, the Raman Singh Govt had, on 06 October 2018, issued
the orders for promotion of three senior-most IPS officers as Director General
including Mukesh Gupta with charge of ACB and EOW.
Senior IPS officer Mukesh Gupta suspended
By IndianMandarins - 2019-02-09 13:03:05
The Chhattisgarh Government, on Saturday, placed Mukesh Gupta (IPS:1988:CG) under suspension with immediate effect under the provisions of All India Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1969.
Presently, Gupta is posted as Special Director General, Police HQ Raipur. During the period, he will be stationed at PHQ Raipur. In addition, IPS officer Rajnesh Singh (State Police Service) too was placed under suspension under the same provision.
It may be mentioned that the Chhattisgarh police had on Friday booked two senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officers — Mukesh Gupta and Rajnesh Singh — on charges of illegal phone tapping and destroying of evidence during their probe into the alleged PDS scam which took place during previous BJP Govt. The investigation of the case was handled by anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the Chhattisgarh police headed by Gupta.
It may be underlined that Hours before the announcement of the Assembly Elections schedule in Chhattisgarh, the Raman Singh Govt had, on 06 October 2018, issued the orders for promotion of three senior-most IPS officers as Director General including Mukesh Gupta with charge of ACB and EOW.
