3 IPS officers suspended

By Our Special Correspondent

LUCKNOW, AUG. 23. The Uttar Pradesh Government has ordered immediate suspension of three IPS officers found guilty of committing irregularities in the recruitment of police sub- inspectors in 1991.The recruitments were made on the basis of written tests.

The recruitments were challenged in the Allahabad High Court and later in the Supreme Court.

The irregularities were established when the Vigilance department examined in details the process of recruitment, an official spokesman said here today.

Among the suspended officers, Mr. P. C. Singh, DIG, was found guilty of committing mistakes in the counting of marks in the answer sheets.

Another irregularity by him was that he recruited male SIs in place of women.

Ms. S. S. Maheshwari, SSP, and Mr. Mahabir Prasad, SP, were found guilty of wrong totalling and awarding wrong marks to candidates, the spokesman added.

In all 47 officers were involved in the selection process involving 522 sub-inspectors. While three officers have been suspended, 27 others were let off after issuing letters of warning.

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