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More police recruits sacked in U.P.

LUCKNOW: Continuing with the exercise of unearthing alleged irregularities in recruitments during the Mulayam Singh regime, the Mayawati government on Tuesday dismissed 3,964 police and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) recruits and placed under suspension six IPS officers in the rank of DIG and SP. Four other IPS officers, placed under suspension on September 11, were again hauled up for alleged irregularities in the selections.

These officers headed the 10 recruitment boards which selected 3,664 police and 300 PAC constables between February 2005 and September 2006. Apart from a departmental inquiry, criminal cases would be filed against them.

A departmental inquiry was ordered against 40 members of the selection boards, including 10 officers in the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police.

On September 11, about 6,500 newly-recruited constables, selected by 14 boards during the last regime, were dismissed and 12 IPS officers placed under suspension for alleged irregularities in the selection process. In addition, around 50 officers, from the ranks of IG to Deputy SP, have been placed under suspension and departmental proceedings initiated against them.

Principal Home Secretary J.N. Chamber told newspersons that the inquiry panel’s report on the selection of constables by 18 recruitment boards was submitted to the government a couple of days ago. Tuesday’s action pertained to 11 recruitment boards. While irregularities were found in the recruitment by 10 selection boards, only minor irregularities were detected in the selections made by the 11th board.

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