According to a senior police supply, Saurabh Tripathi, a suspended IPS officer, has been ordered to endure a departmental investigation into an alleged extortion case that has been filed in opposition to him.

A departmental enquiry has been ordered in opposition to suspended IPS officer Saurabh Tripathi in reference to an alleged extortion case registered in opposition to him, a senior police official stated right here on Friday. The order was issued by the Maharashtra authorities just lately, however the inquiry is but to start out as Tripathi is absconding and a cost sheet couldn’t be served to him, the official added.

Senior officers of the General Administration Department will conduct the enquiry, he added. Junior law enforcement officials named within the case too will face separate departmental inquiries, the official stated.

A First Information Report (FIR) was registered in opposition to Tripathi in December 2021 on the criticism of some members of an Angadia affiliation. Angadiyas, conventional courier operators, primarily present providers to bullion and diamond companies.

It was alleged that the Indian Police Service officer, then Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone II, in Mumbai, demanded Rs 10 lakh per thirty days from Angadia operators for permitting them to operate. The criticism additionally named three police officers connected to Lokmanya Tilak Marg Police Station in south Mumbai.

The Crime Intelligence Unit of the Mumbai Crime Branch began investigation and arrested the three police officers, Tripathi’s home assist, and his brother-in-law and Assistant Sales Tax Commissioner Ashutosh Mishra within the case. But the IPS officer himself is but to be arrested and a look-out discover has been issued in opposition to him at airports within the nation, as per police.