The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday reinstated two IPS officers who were suspended for a long time.
They include DIG Anant Dev Tewari, who was suspended after the Bikru incident in Kanpur, and Pawan Kumar, who was suspended from the post of SSP from Ghaziabad.
According to information, the departmental investigation against both the officers will continue.
Anant Dev was senior superintendent of police of Kanpur Nagar for a long time. After becoming DIG, he was removed from Kanpur Nagar and posted in Special Task Force but a few days after the departure of Anant Dev, Vikas Dubey and his henchmen attacked the policemen who went for raid in Bikru village under Chaubepur police station of Kanpur Nagar. Eight police personnel were killed in the ambush.
After this incident, allegations were leveled against Anant Dev, after which he was transferred to PAC Sector Moradabad. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was also constituted to investigate the Bikru case, on the basis of which Anant Dev was suspended on November 12, 2020. Now, almost two years later, he was reinstated by the government.
Apart from this, Pawan Kumar, who was suspended from Ghaziabad for negligence in work, has also been reinstated.
Pawan was suspended on March 31, 2022 soon after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. After six months he was also reinstated.
Meanwhile, at present, after the reinstatement of Anant Dev and Pawan Kumar, three more IPS officers are still under suspension. They include ADG Jasveer Singh who was suspended on February 14, 2019, Manilal Patidar who was suspended on September 9, 2020 on charges of corruption when posted as superintendent of police in Mahoba, and Alankrita Singh, suspended on April 27, 2022 for going abroad without sanctioned leave.
Besides, Anant Dev and Pawan have been now put on the waiting list after being reinstated. At present, there are three more IPS officers who are awaiting posting. Apart from these two officers, the names of DK Thakur, who was removed from the post of Lucknow Police Commissioner on August 1, 2022, Vijay Singh Meena, removed from the post of Kanpur police commissioner, and Ajay Mishra, who came back from central deputation on September 7, are also awaiting posting.