Senior IPS officer Amitabh Gupta (IPS:1992: MH), Principal Secretary (Special), has been sent on compulsory leave with immediate effect till the inquiry against him reaches to a conclusive end. As usual senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka in his latest tweet condemned the act. The officer is accused of allowing DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan to travel despite lockdown in the state. He had issued a letter exempting Wadhawans from the lockdown norms citing a family emergency. Wadhawans, accused in Yes Bank and DHFL fraud cases, were detained at Mahabaleshwar in Satara district on April 9 for violating prohibitory orders amid lockdown. Police found 23 people including members of the Wadhawan family at their farmhouse. Wadhawan family along with others traveled from Khandala to Mahabaleshwar in their cars even when both Pune and Satara districts are sealed amid ongoing lockdown for containing coronavirus. They were spotted at their `Diwan farmhouse’ by civic authorities.
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Senior IPS officer sent on compulsory leave?
By IndianMandarins - 2020-04-11 12:07:00
Senior IPS officer Amitabh Gupta (IPS:1992: MH), Principal Secretary (Special), has been sent on compulsory leave with immediate effect till the inquiry against him reaches to a conclusive end. As usual senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka in his latest tweet condemned the act.
The officer is accused of allowing DHFL promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan to travel despite lockdown in the state. He had issued a letter exempting Wadhawans from the lockdown norms citing a family emergency.
Wadhawans, accused in Yes Bank and DHFL fraud cases, were detained at Mahabaleshwar in Satara district on April 9 for violating prohibitory orders amid lockdown. Police found 23 people including members of the Wadhawan family at their farmhouse. Wadhawan family along with others traveled from Khandala to Mahabaleshwar in their cars even when both Pune and Satara districts are sealed amid ongoing lockdown for containing coronavirus. They were spotted at their `Diwan farmhouse’ by civic authorities.
