UP officer alleges corruption, cops dump him in hospital

Bhupendra Pandey, Sat, Nov 05, 2011, Lucknow:

IPS Devendra Dutt Misra is dragged from his office in Lucknow Friday.

A senior police officer was bodily lifted by police and dragged kicking and screaming from his office in Lucknow this evening, hours after he alleged massive corruption and embezzlement of funds in the purchase of equipment and other material. Police said the officer appeared to have a “mental problem”.

Devendra Dutt Misra, a deputy inspector general at the UP Fire Service Headquarters, had alleged earlier in the evening that the entire state government from the highest to the lowest levels was corrupt. He was compelled to speak, Misra said, because he had been awakened — “jaagrook ho gayaa hoon”.

Misra, who was promoted to the IPS in 1992 and is due to retire in two years, said he would make public files containing evidence of corruption. “I have told my wife and children that I can be murdered or sent to jail at any time,” he said.

He alleged that senior officials had siphoned off crores in the purchase of water tanks, and that Fire Service ADG Harish Chandra Singh had pressured him to clear the files.

ADG Singh denied the charge. ADG (Law & Order) Subesh Kumar Singh said he had received no complaints.

Late this evening, a police team stormed Misra’s office and took him to the CSMMU Trauma Centre. Lucknow DIG D K Thakur told The Indian Express that the DIG was “behaving abnormally and seemed to have some mental problem”.

Soon afterward, the state government issued a statement saying Misra’s allegations would be investigated and action will be taken.

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