MP News: Police Recruitment Board Caught Between Home Department, PHQ

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): After six months, the home department has finally questioned the police headquarters about the establishment of the police recruitment board.

To recall, on August 15 last year, chief minister Mohan Yadav announced the formation of the board.

The police headquarters prepared the proposal and forwarded it to the home department.

Since then the project has been hanging in balance between the home department and the police headquarters.

Now the home department has asked about the manpower to be deployed and the status of the other states’ boards. It has also sought to know about the finances to run the board.

DIG (recruitment) Virendra Singh said that the home department had raised a few questions. The answers were being prepared and would be sent shortly.

MP lags behind UP, Gujarat in forming police recruitment board

MP is far behind the states of south India in forming a police recruitment board. It is also behind Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.

The boards have existed in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh etc. for the past several decades. Lakhs of police personnel have been recruited in these states through the boards.

The draft that was prepared earlier by the state police is also similar to the boards of all these states.

The building

The building for the board is under construction in Shyamla Hills area. The police housing corporation is constructing the building. It is expected to be completed by July this year. The cost of the building is Rs 19.88 crore.

PHQ forwards probe report to home dept

An inquiry instituted against assistant inspector general of police posted at CID (now transferred to PTRI) related to Rs 31 lakh cheating was forwarded to home department for further action.

Rajasthan fashion designer had accused AIG of fraud, exploitation and cheating to the tune of Rs 31 lakh in the name of payment, jewellery and investment.

The complaint filed by a fashion designer had accused AIG Rajesh Mishra of financial fraud amounting to Rs 31 lakh. The complaint includes receipts and documentary evidence from a Jaipur trip, suggesting premeditated misuse of trust and position. As a result, DGP initiated an inquiry into the matter. The DIG completed the enquiry and handed over to the DGP. The PHQ has forwarded the report to the home department for further action.