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Goa DGP relieved of his duties

By Anil Sastry

PANAJI, NOV. 25. The Goa Government today relieved the Director-General of Police (DGP), Amod Kanth, of his duties while asking him to report to the Union Home Ministry.

Government sources said the Home Ministry had not requisitioned the services of Mr. Kanth, nor was there any communication to him in this regard.

The State Cabinet on November 12 had decided to abolish the DGP post as the head of the State police and restore the post of Inspector-General of Police, while keeping the DGP's post in abeyance with immediate effect. The State Government also wrote to the Union Home Ministry — the cadre controlling authority — on the subject.

Mr. Kanth, who then was in Delhi attending a DGPs' conference, reported back to duty on November 16 and was discharging his duties till today.

The incident comes when two major international events — the International Film Festival of India (November 29 to December 9) and the Exposition of the sacred relics of St. Francis Xavier (November 21 to January 2) — attracting thousands of people as well as dignitaries are being held in Goa.

The All-India Civil and Police services in the State are governed by Arunachal, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territory Cadre and a joint cadre committee under the Home Ministry regulates the posting of officers.

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