Lucknow, Nov 5: The Uttar Pradesh government today initiated an inquiry into allegations of corruption in the fire department, levelled by IPS officer D D Mishra who has been hospitalised.
“An inquiry to be conducted by the Director General of Police (Anti-Corruption) has been ordered into all allegations levelled by DIG (Fire Services) Mishra yesterday,” Principal Secretary Fateh Bahadur told reporters here.
Bahadur said Mishra, a 1978 batch IPS officer, has been admitted in the Psychiatric ward of the Chattrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University.
“He is undergoing treatment after doctors diagnosed him with bipolar effective disorder,” he said.
Alleging corruption and discrepancies in purchases in the Fire Department, Mishra yesterday alleged he was being harassed for exposing scam and was facing a threat to his life.
“I have written in control room register of the Fire Department about large-scale corruption in purchases in the department. I am facing a threat to my life for exposing corruption,” he told reporters here yesterday.
The IPS officer said he had not given any complaint to his seniors on the matter pertaining to corruption. In a late night development, Mishra was taken to the medical college after he refused to leave his office despite persuasion by senior officers.
“The DIG was taken to the medical college with the consent of family members and friends after doctors recommended treatment,” the Principal Secretary said.
He said according to the officer's family members, he was suffering from depression and was ill from the past one month.
“Whatever the DIG said is generally against the government servant service conduct, but keeping in mind his mental condition no action is being taken as of now,” the Principal Secretary said.
