Lucknow: A senior IPS officer has been given clean chit by a high-level inquiry committee, formed following reports of his alleged role in the arrest and subsequent release of an accused in Nabha prison break case.
The Uttar Pradesh government had ordered a high-level inquiry on September 20 following reports in a section of media that Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi Ghyanshyampura was detained and subsequently released at the behest of this IPS officer.
"The inquiry, headed by the ADG-rank officer, has found that false and misleading allegations were levelled against the IPS officer through the media," a state home department spokesman said today.
In a sensational jailbreak, a group of armed men stormed Nabha jail in Punjab's Patiala district in police uniforms and managed to free six prisoners - Harminder Singh Mintoo and Kashmir Singh, both terrorists, and gangsters Dhothian, Vicky Gounder, Gurpreet Sekhon and Neeta Deol - on November 27 last year.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had arrested three persons, Sandeep Tiwari alias Pintu, Amandeep Singh and Harjinder Singh, on September 15 from the state capital here.
As the controversy erupted, the Special Task Force (STF) had issued a clarification stating that the said media reports were "misleading".
Ghanshyampura has not yet been arrested and none among those questioned admitted having paid any bribe to the IG STF, the spokesman said.
The three had reportedly struck an alleged deal for Rs 45 lakh with the IPS officer to free Gurpreet Singh.
The Uttar Pradesh government had ordered a high-level inquiry on September 20 following reports in a section of media that Gurpreet Singh alias Gopi Ghyanshyampura was detained and subsequently released at the behest of this IPS officer.
"The inquiry, headed by the ADG-rank officer, has found that false and misleading allegations were levelled against the IPS officer through the media," a state home department spokesman said today.
In a sensational jailbreak, a group of armed men stormed Nabha jail in Punjab's Patiala district in police uniforms and managed to free six prisoners - Harminder Singh Mintoo and Kashmir Singh, both terrorists, and gangsters Dhothian, Vicky Gounder, Gurpreet Sekhon and Neeta Deol - on November 27 last year.
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The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had arrested three persons, Sandeep Tiwari alias Pintu, Amandeep Singh and Harjinder Singh, on September 15 from the state capital here.
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As the controversy erupted, the Special Task Force (STF) had issued a clarification stating that the said media reports were "misleading".
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Ghanshyampura has not yet been arrested and none among those questioned admitted having paid any bribe to the IG STF, the spokesman said.
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The three had reportedly struck an alleged deal for Rs 45 lakh with the IPS officer to free Gurpreet Singh.
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