New Delhi: The tenure of IPS officer Satish Verma, who was earlier a member of the Special Investigating Team (SIT) that probed the Ishrat Jahan case as Chief Vigilance Officer of NEEPCO, has been curtailed by the Centre.
The services of Mr Verma be placed at the disposal of Home Ministry, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training said.
He was in August 2014 appointed as the CVO in North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) -- a mini-ratna company -- for an initial period of three years.
The action against Mr Verma comes after the officer was served show cause notices twice, both in May this year, over alleged "misconduct" and "unauthorised absence" from duty.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the proposal for curtailment of tenure of Mr Verma from the post of CVO, NEEPCO, Shillong, the order said, without mentioning the reason.
Satish Verma, a 1986-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre, was part of a three-member SIT appointed by the Gujarat High Court to probe the Ishrat Jahan case.
He was served in early-May a notice seeking clarification for being "absent" from duty "unauthorisedly" and travelling without permission, official sources said.
A few days later, Mr Verma was served another notice as he failed to comply with the earlier one in which he was given 10 days to submit his reply, they said.
Ishrat Jahan, her friend Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh along with two suspected Pakistanis -- Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar -- were gunned down by Gujarat crime branch officials in the outskirts of Ahmedabad in 2004.
Satish Verma was also part of the CBI team whose investigations resulted in charge-sheeting of four IPS officers, including PP Pandey, DG Vanzara, GL Singhal and Rajinder Kumar, retired Special Director of Intelligence Bureau, among others.
The services of Mr Verma be placed at the disposal of Home Ministry, an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training said.
He was in August 2014 appointed as the CVO in North Eastern Electrical Power Corporation (NEEPCO) -- a mini-ratna company -- for an initial period of three years.
The action against Mr Verma comes after the officer was served show cause notices twice, both in May this year, over alleged "misconduct" and "unauthorised absence" from duty.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet has approved the proposal for curtailment of tenure of Mr Verma from the post of CVO, NEEPCO, Shillong, the order said, without mentioning the reason.
Satish Verma, a 1986-batch IPS officer of Gujarat cadre, was part of a three-member SIT appointed by the Gujarat High Court to probe the Ishrat Jahan case.
He was served in early-May a notice seeking clarification for being "absent" from duty "unauthorisedly" and travelling without permission, official sources said.
A few days later, Mr Verma was served another notice as he failed to comply with the earlier one in which he was given 10 days to submit his reply, they said.
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Ishrat Jahan, her friend Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh along with two suspected Pakistanis -- Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar -- were gunned down by Gujarat crime branch officials in the outskirts of Ahmedabad in 2004.
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Satish Verma was also part of the CBI team whose investigations resulted in charge-sheeting of four IPS officers, including PP Pandey, DG Vanzara, GL Singhal and Rajinder Kumar, retired Special Director of Intelligence Bureau, among others.
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