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Taking a serious note of several complaints of corruption and laxity in controlling crime, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath suspended Senior Superintendent of Police of Prayagraj, Abhishek Dikshit, on Tuesday and attached him to the DGP headquarters in Lucknow.
Besides, five other IPS officers were given new postings.
Serious allegations had been pouring in against Dikshit from various quarters and even the Allahabad High Court had expressed its displeasure at the SSP’s conduct.
Originally a Tamil Nadu cadre officer, Dikshit was posted at an important place like Prayagraj despite charges of his involvement in corruption during his posting as SP of Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu).
The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) of Tamil Nadu had raided his official residence along with that of Sub-Inspector P Ramchandran in July 2012 and seized two kilograms of gold ornaments, 15 kg of silver articles while land-related documents were found in the sub-inspector’s home.
On Tuesday, a Home department official said that the suspended officer was found involved in several corruption cases and was found to be engaged in malpractices in posting of officers. “The SSP had little interest in regular patrols and did nothing for security of banks. Besides, cases pending for the past three months in the district had also piled up,” the official said.
Besides, Dikshit also did not properly function in containing the coronavirus pandemic in the district due to which the Allahabad High Court had expressed its displeasure.
Meanwhile, the state government also shifted six IPS officers. DCP (West) in Lucknow, Sarvshresta Tripathi was made the new SSP of Prayagraj. SP (Railways) at Gorakhpur, Pushpanjali, was promoted and shifted as DIG (Railways) in Lucknow.
Interestingly, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the Unnao rape case in which former Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is an accused, had written to the chief secretary, seeking action against her for her dubious role in the case.
Commandant of 11th Battalion PAC in Sitapur, Manoj Kumar, was posted as DIG (PAC) in Lucknow,
SP, Regional Intelligence at Gorakhpur, Ganga Nath Tripathi, was posted as DIG in Anti-Corruption Organisation in Lucknow while SP in Vigilance Establishment at Lucknow, Dr Akhilesh Kumar Nigam, was shifted as SP, Special Enquiry, in Cooperative Cell.
Devesh Kumar Pandey posted at ATC Sitapur was transferred to Lucknow as DCP.