Tripura cadre IPS officer arrested on fraud charges in Odisha

FROM A CORRESPONDENT

Agartala, July 24: Odisha Vigilance Department sleuths on Saturday arrested IPS officer Joydeep yak, who had allegedly siphoned off Rs 88 lakh government funds from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, an official said. yak, an Inspector General rank officer and of Manipur-Tripura cadre, was recently suspended for his alleged involvement in siphoning off the funds meant for computer education of SC/ST students and self help groups (SHGs) in Odisha, where he was on deputation to the state police’s Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC). Vigilance DG Rajendra Prasad Sharma said yak was being brought from Ghaziabad on transit remand. The Vigilance Department had recently registered a case against yak for allegedly siphoning off government funds, and were looking for the absconding officer.

Earlier this month, the Tripura government had suspended yak following the report submitted by the Odisha vigilance in this regard.

The Tripura government, following the request of the Odisha government last month, asked yak to report to the director (vigilance) of Odisha, but he went to New Delhi and got himself admitted to a private hospital. The Odisha Vigilance Department already arrested five people including the cell’s Additiol Superintendent of Police Basanta Kumar Pradhan (who was then a deputy superintendent of police), for their involvement in the irregularities.