Yogi authorities 2.0 cracks whip towards ‘slack’, ‘corrupt’ officers

Express News Service

LUCKNOW: After assuming workplace, UP CM Yogi Adityanath has received into motion mode towards corrupt officers which resulted in suspension of not solely IPS Pawan Kumar, SSP Ghaziabad, but additionally an IAS officer TK Shibu, the district Justice of the Peace of Sonbhadra, on Thursday.

In case of Ghaziabad SSP, the incident of loot of Rs 25 lakh from a petroleum pump three days in the past within the district proved pricey to the police chief and he was suspended for alleged dereliction of responsibility by the UP authorities on Thursday night.

The axe fell on Senior Superintendent of Police of Pawan Kumar for his “failure” to regulate the crime in Ghaziabad, the district bordering the nationwide capital.

Three days in the past, three bike-borne robbers had looted Rs 25 lakh from the staffers of a petroleum pump situated in B Block of Govindpuram Colony beneath the Masuri police station space within the NCR district whereas they have been going to a financial institution to deposit the cash. 

A video of the incident had additionally gone viral on social media through which the miscreants have been seen opening hearth on the petrol pump workers.

In an announcement issued right here, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi stated: “The SSP, Ghaziabad, has been suspended for dereliction of duty and the failure to control crime.” An IPS officer of the 2009 batch, Pawan Kumar was posted in Ghaziabad in August final 12 months.

As per the extremely positioned sources, there have been studies of lackadaisical method of the IPS officer in the direction of the general public points. 

After the preliminary probe, prime facie the SSP’s laxity was allegedly established because of which he received the suspension. Before Ghaziabad, Pawan Kumar was helming Moradabad as SSP.

However, his first posting was as SP City Agra adopted by Shamli in western UP, Chitrakoot in Bundelkhand, Jaunpur in japanese UP, Unnao, Sitapur and Sultanpur in central UP.

As per the native sources, after the incident of loot, there was an environment of concern and panic among the many merchants of the town.

On the opposite, earlier within the day, Sonbhadra DM TK Shibu was additionally served the suspension order as there have been complaints of corruption towards him as properly. 

The official sources stated that Shibu had been on the state authorities’s radar even earlier than the meeting polls following complaints in reference to unlawful mining and different associated points. 

In the suspension order, ACS Devesh Chatruvedi stated: “Against Sonbhadra DM, issues of corruption in mining, district mineral trust committee and public works had come to light. Moreover, during the recently concluded Assembly polls, Shibu was accused of laxity in performance of his duties as District Election Officer. These charges were got probed by the divisional commissioner of Mirzapur Division and prima facie Sonbhara DM was found to be guilty of the wrongdoings. So his is being suspended with immediate effect.”

The order additionally talked about that in the course of the suspension, Shibu will reamin hooked up to Revenue Board in state capital and he must search prior permission for leaving the headquarter.