Lucknow, September 20 : An Additional Director General-level officer is to probe the alleged deal made by an Uttar Pradesh special wing IG to let go Nabha jailbreak accused Gopi Ghanshyampura alias Gurpreet Singh from police detention in Lucknow.
Principal Secretary Arvind Kumar in a statement on the social media on Tuesday night said, “From certain news reports it has come to the notice of the government that certain allegations have been levelled on the role of some senior police officers in the arrest and release of a Punjab criminal. The government has taken note of these media reports and a high-level inquiry headed by an ADG-level officer has been ordered.” This influential police officer had been in the news for the wrong reasons on earlier occasions as well but had managed to come out clean due to his contacts.
However, sources claim that this time Punjab Police has reported against him in writing after which the matter could no longer be brushed under the carpet.
While Ghanshyampura was picked up from near a bus stand in Lucknow reportedly on September 10, the arrest was not shown on record either in UP or in Punjab.