New Delhi: IPS officer MS Chauhan, who probed the high-profile PDS scam and mysteriously went missing in Arunchal Pradesh's West Kameng district on October 16, has been traced in New Delhi today.
IGP (Crime) Arvind Deep confirmed the news but declined to give further details. Chauhan, SP of the Special Investigation Cell, who was appointed by the Gauhati High Court to probe the multi-crore PDS scam in the state in 2008, went missing from Tippi when he along with inspector Mohan Kaye and constable Vikram Singh, were on their way to Tawang.
Chauhan had handed over his cellphones to his driver while leaving the vehicle at Tippi market and asked them to wait for him at a nearby river where he was supposed to join them for lunch, but did not turn up.
Chauhan, who was transferred to Delhi on October 8 and released from his responsibilities on October 10, had not left the state.
He was waiting for sanction of prosecution from the Arunachal Pradesh government against another 36 accused in the Rs 1000 crore scam.
IGP (Crime) Arvind Deep confirmed the news but declined to give further details. Chauhan, SP of the Special Investigation Cell, who was appointed by the Gauhati High Court to probe the multi-crore PDS scam in the state in 2008, went missing from Tippi when he along with inspector Mohan Kaye and constable Vikram Singh, were on their way to Tawang.
Chauhan had handed over his cellphones to his driver while leaving the vehicle at Tippi market and asked them to wait for him at a nearby river where he was supposed to join them for lunch, but did not turn up.
Chauhan, who was transferred to Delhi on October 8 and released from his responsibilities on October 10, had not left the state.
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He was waiting for sanction of prosecution from the Arunachal Pradesh government against another 36 accused in the Rs 1000 crore scam.
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